 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 páginas
...performing subtraction. The number to be divided is called the dividend ; the dividing number is called the divisor ; and the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend, is named the quotient : while what is left after the division is termed the remainder. Rule. — When... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1832 - 186 páginas
...to be divided, is called the dividend; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the divisor; and the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend, is called the quotient. If there be any thing left aftef performing the operation, that excess is called... | |
 | Charles Potts - 1835 - 202 páginas
...contained in another. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number to divide by is called the divisor. And the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient. If there is any number left after the division is finished, it is called the... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1843 - 470 páginas
...or may be taken from it. The number to be divided is called the dividend; the number you divide by, the divisor, and the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend, the quotient; when the dividend does not contain the divisor an equal number of times, the figures that are over... | |
 | James Morrison (accountant.) - 1845 - 324 páginas
...given to these numbers ? A. The number to be divided is called the dividend ; that by which we divide the divisor ; and the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend the quotient, and what is over the remainder. (3.) Q. When the divisor is not above 12, how do you divide ? A. I... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 páginas
...or may be taken from it. The number to be divided is called the dividend; the number you divide by, the divisor ; and the number of times the divisor is contained in . the dividend, the quotient: when the dividend does not contain the divisor an equal number of times, the figures that are over... | |
 | William Vogdes - 1849 - 134 páginas
...the dividend ; the number you divide by is called the divisor, and shows how many parts there are ; and the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient, and expresses one of these parts. Q. Does division never mean any thing else... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1849 - 162 páginas
...we divide 20 by 5, we shall have the quotient 4. It follows, from this, that the quotient indicates the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend ; the dividend being only the result of a multiplication, of which the divisor and the quotient are the two... | |
 | David Price - 1858 - 264 páginas
...The Divisor, the number with which we divide. The Dividend, the number to be divided. The Quotient, the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. The Remainder, what is over the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. When the divisor... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1861 - 338 páginas
...the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer. The dividend is the number to be divided. The quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. The divisor is the number by which we divide. NOTE. — Quotient is derived from the Latin word quoties,... | |
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The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. The Remainder is the part of the dividend which is left undivided. 
