 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...900. 17. 40034— 900. 6. 983—700. 12. 49730— 800. 18. 20306— 700. 800. 700. DEFINITIONS. 144. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 145. The Dividend is the number divided. 146. The Divisor is the number by which the dividend is divided.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 588 pages
...number divided is the Dividend; the number we divide by is the Divisor. The definition usually given is, "Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another." This is regarded as correct, but is less simple and concise than the one above suggested. Defining... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...$1500 and the dividend $564000: what is the quotient? DEFINITIONS, PRINCIPLES, AND BULES. Art. 38. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The Dividend is the number divided. The Divisor is the number by which the dividend is divided. The... | |
 | 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 diińsion or separation. DIVISIVE, di-vfziv,... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 712 pages
...entry in one day. How many feet of entry will it drive in 289 days ? Ans. 10,404 ft. DIVISION. 55. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is... | |
 | 1900 - 732 pages
...entry in one day. How many feet of entry will it drive in 289 days ? Ans. 10,404 ft. DIVISION. 55. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is... | |
 | Floyd Davis - Mining engineering - 1900 - 148 pages
...is read 9 multiplied by 3. Q. 6. What is meant by division, and what sign is used to express it? A. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. A short, horizontal line with a point above and below it (-1-) when placed between numbers indicates... | |
 | Chemistry - 1900 - 530 pages
...(m) («) (o) 868,250. 17,890,276. 7,928,170. 1,830,400. 78,340 87,543,000. 4,876,300. DIVISION. 55. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Marine engineering - 1900 - 614 pages
...miles an hour. How far apart will they be at the end of 205 hours ? Ans. 1,081 miles. DIVISION. 55. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1900 - 236 pages
...apples are divided equally among 5 children ? 10. What have you been doing with the above numbers ? 65. The process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or the process of separating a number into equal parts, is called Division. 66. The number to be divided... | |
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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. 
