 The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend; or one of the equal parts into which it is divided.  Graded Work in Arithmetic - Page 18by Samuel Wesley Baird - 1901Full view - About this book
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 404 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 28. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. ' The Remainder is a part of the dividend... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 200 pages
...many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number. 55. The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which to divide. The Quotient is the number of times the dividend contains the divisor. If the dividend does... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 398 pages
...many times one number is contamed in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number. 67. The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which to divide. The Quotient is the number of times the dividend contains the divisor. If the dividend does... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1896 - 300 pages
...number. $18 + $2 = 9. (2) It is finding one of the equal parts of a number. The dividend is the number divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient is the number obtained by dividing. The sign, H-, which is read divided by, has two meanings in concrete... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1896 - 296 pages
...+ $2 = 9. (2) It is finding one of the equal parts of a number. 2 — $9 The dividend is the number divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient is the number obtained by dividing. • The sign, -s-, which is read divided by, has two meanings in... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Arithmetic - 1898 - 148 pages
...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 divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient is the number of times the dividend contains the divisor. 126 Write the numbers as in short division.... | |
 | Floyd Davis - Mining engineering - 1900 - 148 pages
...expressions are called equations. Division. O. 8. What names are applied to the numbers used in division? A . The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number to divide by. The quotient is the result obtained by the process of division. When the dividend does... | |
 | Frank J. Browne - 1903 - 232 pages
...factor to the product; subtracting one from either factor takes the other factor from the product. DIVISION is the operation of finding how many times...divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. It is (a) the standard which measures the dividend; or (b) it shows into how many equal parts the dividend... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Arithmetic - 1903 - 296 pages
...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 divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient is the number of times the dividend contains the divisor. Write the numbers as in short division. 6... | |
 | George William Myers, Sarah Catherine Brooks - Arithmetic - 1907 - 432 pages
...dividend. The given number is the divisor. The required number is the quotient. We may say also that the dividend is the number to be divided, the divisor is the number by which the dividend is measured or divided and the quotient is the measure. (Cf. p. 51.) 73. To average means... | |
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