 Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.  Elementary Algebra - Page 106by George William Myers, George Edward Atwood - 1916 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Wells Payne - Founding - 1917 - 724 pages
...ascending or descending powers of some letter, and keep this arrangement throughout the operation. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the d1visor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply all the terms of the divisor... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall - 1918 - 384 pages
...us to replace the process of subtraction by that of addition at each successive stage of the work. Dividing the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, we obtain 3, the first term of the quotient. Multiplying 2, 4, and — 8, the remaining terms of the divisor,... | |
 | Raleigh Schorling, William David Reeve - Mathematics - 1919 - 520 pages
...both dividend and divisor according to ascending or descending powers of some common letter. 2. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor and write the result for the first term of the quotient. 3. Multiply the entire divisor by the first... | |
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - Algebra - 1919 - 538 pages
...the descending (or ascending) powers of some common letter, called the letter of arrangement. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the entire divisor by the first term... | |
 | Julius Lederer Neufeld - Algebra - 1920 - 424 pages
...two numbers, the terms of 'the quotient are all plus. The first term of each quotient is obtained by dividing the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and in the succeeding terms of the quotient, the powers of the first "number decrease by 1 and the... | |
 | Marquis Joseph Newell - 1920 - 428 pages
...Arrange the dividend and divisor in the same order of powers of some common literal number. II. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. III. Multiply the whole divisor by the first... | |
 | John Bascom Hamilton, Herbert Earle Buchanan - Mathematics - 1921 - 312 pages
...the above both are arranged in descending powers of x. 2. Obtain the first term of the quotient by dividing the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, ie, 3x4-T-x2 = 3x2. 3. Multiply the divisor by this partial product, placing the result under the dividend,... | |
 | John Charles Stone - Mathematics - 1921 - 274 pages
...to the descending or ascending powers of some letter, the same letter being used in both. 2. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor to obtain the first term of the quotient. 3. Multiply the whole divisor by this term of the quotient,... | |
 | Joint Textbook Committee of the Paper Industry - Paper industry - 1921 - 472 pages
...the letters, placing them in the same relative positions as for long division in arithmetic. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and the result will be the first term of the quotient; multiply the divisor by the first term of the... | |
 | Edson Homer Taylor, Fiske Allen - Mathematics - 1922 - 180 pages
...by the first term oí the multiplier. Hence in division the first term of the quotient is found by dividing the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor. 3. The dividend is the sum of the products found by multiplying the divisor by each term of the quotient.... | |
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