 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...Why? The process by which the preceding examples aro solved is called Division. DEFINITIONS. 36. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 2. The divisor is the number by which to divide ; the dividend is the number to be divided ; the quotient... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...many 4's are there in 40? How many times is 4 contained in 40? How many are 10 fours? DEFINITIONS. 83. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another; or, The process of separating a number into equal parts. 84. The Dividend is the number to be divided.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Mental arithmetic - 1877 - 156 pages
...receive? 26. If you divide 45 oranges equally among 9 boys: how many oranges will each boy receive? Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The divisor is the number by which to divide. The dividend is the number to be divided. The quotient... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1877 - 496 pages
...away 4 peaches from the number ? How many were left ? How many peaches did he receive in all? This process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of separating a number of things into equal parts, is called division. The number to be divided... | |
 | Lydia Nash - Arithmetic - 1878 - 114 pages
...billions and six, by two hundred and forty-nine. 62. Multiply eight hundred forty-six millions, by five DIVISION. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which we divide, the Divisor ; and... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1878 - 154 pages
...If a man can build 7 rods of fence in one day, in how many days can he build 35 rods? DEFINITIONS. The process of finding how many times one number is contained in another is called Division. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which the dividend... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1878 - 360 pages
...number is contained in another); and in the second that we find one of the equal parts of a number. 89. The process of finding how many times one number is contained in another or of finding one of the equal parts of a number is division. 90. The number to be divided is the dividend.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 190 pages
...making 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... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 446 pages
...each, can 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 - 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... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
