 | 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... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...many 4's are there in 40? How many times is 4 contained in 40? How many are 10 fours? DEFINITIONS. 83. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another; or, The process of separating a number into equal parts. 84. The Dividend is the number to be divided.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Lydia Nash - Arithmetic - 1878 - 114 pages
...six, by two hundred and forty-nine. 62. Multiply eight hundred forty-six millions, by five DIVISION. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which we divide, the Divisor ; and... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1898 - 298 pages
...observations that this number equals the number of square feet in the oblong. DIVISION. 124. Division is (1) the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another number; or (2), it is finding one of the equal parts of a number. NOTE 1 . — The word number as used... | |
 | W. H. F. Henry - Questions and answers - 1899 - 440 pages
...substracted. Hence, we are to change the signs of its terms and add the result. 83. Define Division.^ Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. Division also enables us to separate a number into any number of equal parts, and find how many there... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 458 pages
...$28, is $7 the other factor ? Is 7 sheep ? Is 7 ? What, however, does the 7 indicate? DEFINITIONS. 1. 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. 2. The Dividend is the number to be divided. 3. The... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...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... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 302 pages
...horses by 3 horses. 30 men by 10 men. 3. 45 pounds by 9 pounds. 12 weeks by 6 weeks. DEFINITIONS. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts into which a number is to be separated. The lutter part of this... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1899 - 392 pages
...the multiplier. DIVISION. 41. Division is the process of separating a number into equal parts, or it is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 42. The Dividend is the number divided. 43. The Divisor is the number by which another number is divided.... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
