 | John Davidson, Robert Scott (writing master) - Arithmetic - 1818 - 190 pages
...less number can be subtracted from a greater ; or, it is that process by which we discover how often one number, called the divisor, is contained in another number called the dividend ; and the answer is called the quotient. Draw a curved line on each side of the dividend, and write... | |
 | Roswell Park - Best books - 1841 - 722 pages
...end. Then, adding all these partial products together, the sum will be the total product required. Division, is the process of finding how many times one number, called the divisor, may be contained in, or taken from, another, called the dividend; and also whether a surplus number... | |
 | Roswell Park - Best books - 1847 - 626 pages
...end. Then, adding all these partial products together, the sum will be the total product required. Division, is the process of finding how many times one number, called the divisor, may be contained in, or taken from, another, called the dividend ; and also whether a surplus number... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...found that 12 contains 4, three times. We can arrive at the same result by a shorter method, called Division. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one ^number is contained in anotlter. It is a short method of subtraction. The number by which we divide is called... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...remain. that 12 contains 4, three times. We can arrive at the same result by a shorter method, called Division. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. It is a short method of subtraction. The number by which we divide is called... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...weight 16£ Ib., at 5±d. per Ib. - A leg of mutton, weight 13f Ib., at 4f d. per Ib. DIVISION. 71. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number called the dividend is greater or less than another uunibei called the divisor ; and the number which expresses... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1852 - 422 pages
...pork, weight I6\lb., at 5±d. per Ib. - A leg of mutton, weight 13f Ib., at 4fd. per Ib. DIVISION. 71. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number called the dividend is greater or less than another immlx-j called the divisor ; and the number which expresses... | |
 | Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...explaining the reason of each step in the process. DIVISION. 35. DIVISION is the method of finding how often one number, called the DIVISOR, is contained in another number, called the DIVIDEND. The result is called the QUOTIENT. 36. Division is of two kinds, SIMPLE and COMPOUND. It is called Simple... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 pages
...explaining the reason of each step in the process. DIVISION. 35. DIVISION is the method of finding how often one number, called the DIVISOR, is contained in another number, called the DIVIDEND. The result is called the QUOTIENT. 36. Division is of two kinds, SIMPLE and COMPOUND. It is called Simple... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...iron wire, each bundle composed of 7 wires ; how many wires are there in the cable ? Ans. 133. § 6. 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 to divide,... | |
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Division 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 the dividend is divided; the quotient is the result of the division. 
