 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 402 pages
...DIVISION is the protest of finding how many times one given number u contained in another. Th« nnmber to be divided, is called the dividend* The number by which we divide, is called the dwpitor. The answer, or number obtained by division, is called the quotient, and shows how many times... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1858 - 208 pages
...or separate the larger number into as many equal parts as there are units in the smaller number. 13. The number to be divided is called the dividend; the number by which we divide, the divisor ; and the result, the quotient. If anything is left after the division, it is called the... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1860 - 188 pages
...in many subsequent operations. DIVISION. 35. DIVISION shows how often one number contains another. The number to be divided, is called the DIVIDEND ; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the DIVISOR ; and the result or answer the QUOTIENT. When... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1860 - 186 pages
...protes» of finding how many lima one number must be taken to equal another number The number to bo divided is called the DIVIDEND. The number by which we divide is (failed the DIVISOR, and the answer is called the QUOTIENT. Thus, in 35 divided by 7 = 5, 35 is the... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1861 - 452 pages
...method of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another number or quantity. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which we divide is called the Divisor. The result or answer is called the Quotient. When any part of the dividend is left, it is called the... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 pages
...in 26. DIVISION. 27. DmstON is the process of finding how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the Divisor ; and the result or answer the Quotient. When... | |
 | George Heppel - 1864 - 234 pages
...be added together to produce 56 is seven, or in other words that 8 is contained in 56 seven times. The number to be divided is called the dividend; the number by which it is to be divided, the divisor; and the result, the quotient. The sign of division is either -*-... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 188 pages
...46 7308 X 947 DIVISION. 17. Вт DIVISION we find how many times one number is contained in another. The number to be divided, is called the DIVIDEND ; the number by which to divide is called the DIVISOR; the number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Mrs. Electra Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1865 - 354 pages
...fourth of 16 pears ; that is, one of the four equal parts of the number, 16 pears. The number which is divided is called the Dividend, the number by which we divide is called the Divisor, and the result the Quotient, from the Latin quoties, how many times. The sign of Division is a short horizontal line... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1851 - 150 pages
...XVI. A.. — IN performing Division, the number divided is called the Dividend, the number divided by is called the Divisor, and the result of the division is called the Quotient, or Answer. If, after the operation, anything be left, it is called the Ecmainder. I". — To perform... | |
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The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. 
