 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...etc.? Why? How, when the multiplier has any number of ciphers at the right? DEFINITIONS. 42. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 43. The Dividend is the number to bo divided. 44. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. 45.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 238 pages
...distinguish them from unbroken or whole numbers, which are called Integers, or Integral Numbers. 59. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another ; or of finding one of the equal parts of a number. The DIVIDEND is the number to be divided. The DIVISOK... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 446 pages
...be bought for 12 cents. 2. If I buy 5 apples for 10 cents, how much do I pay for each? 66. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number. 67. The Dividend is the number to be divided. The... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 190 pages
...change a three-cent piece ; how much more money did the one obtain than the other ? LESSON XIV. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or the process of separating a number into any proposed number of equal parts. The result obtained... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1899 - 392 pages
...the multiplier. DIVISION. 41. Division is the process of separating a number into equal parts, or it is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 42. The Dividend is the number divided. 43. The Divisor is the number by which another number is divided.... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 300 pages
...3 horses. 30 men by 10 men. 3. 45 pounds by 9 pounds. 12 weeks by 6 weeks. DEFINITIONS. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts into which a number is to be separated. 2. The Dividend is the... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 458 pages
...the other factor ? Is 7 sheep ? Is 7 ? What, however, does the 7 indicate? DEFINITIONS. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number. 2. The Dividend is the number to be divided. 3. The... | |
 | W. H. F. Henry - Questions and answers - 1899 - 440 pages
...substracted. Hence, we are to change the signs of its terms and add the result. 83. Define Division.^ Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. Division also enables us to separate a number into any number of equal parts, and find how many there... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 456 pages
...observations that this number equals the number of square feet ill the oblong. DIVISION. 124. Division is (1) the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another number; or (2), it is finding one of the equal parts of a number. . NOTE.—The word number as used... | |
 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 pages
...portion divided or separated : separation : difference in opinion, etc. : disunion : (arith.) the rule or process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. DIVISIONAL, di-vizh'un-al, adj. pertaining to or marking a diiñsion or separation. DIVISIVE, di-vfziv,... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
