 | 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... | |
 | 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 is called... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Analytical chemistry - 1900 - 532 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 - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 720 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1900 - 728 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... | |
 | 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. 
