 When the divisor is large, the pupil will find assistance in determining the quotient figure, by finding how many times the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure, or if necessary, the first two figures of the dividend.  A manual of explanatory arithmetic - Page 77by Edward Hughes - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Charles Vyse - 1806 - 342 pages
...Figures. RULE. 1 If the Divisor be a less Number than so many Figures taken in the Dividend, see how often the first Figure of the Divisor is contained in the first Figure of the Dividend, and the Figure which expresses it is the first of the Quotient, by which multiply... | |
 | Samuel Webber - 1808 - 466 pages
...is contained in the numbers of the several steps of the operation ; the best way will be to find how often the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first, or two first, figures of the dividend, ami the answer, made less by one or two, is generally the figure... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...594,356 Ans. When the divisor consists of several figures, we may try them separately, by enquiring how often the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure of the dividend, and the considering whether the second and following figures of the divisor be contained... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1814 - 540 pages
...figures to be divided; the rule is, when the divisor u contained in its own number of figures, find how often the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first of those to be divided ; but when the number of figures in the divisor is one less than the number... | |
 | Charles Vyse - 1815 - 340 pages
...Figures. RULE. 1. If the Divisor be a less Number than so many Figures taken in the Dividend, see how often the first Figure of the Divisor is contained in the first Figure of the Dividend, and the Figure which expresses it is the first of the Quotient ; by which multiply... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 pages
...3,000)594,256 Ans. When the divisor consists of several figures, we may try them separately, by enquiring how often the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure of the dividend, and then considering whether the second and following figures of the divisor be contained... | |
 | Etienne Bézout - 1824 - 238 pages
...seeking, as before, how often this part of the dividend contains the entire divisor, seek how many times the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure of the .dii-idend, or in the two first figures, if the first does not con/uin it, and place this quotient... | |
 | James Thomson (LL.D.) - 1837 - 296 pages
...to the right of the dividend for containing the quotient. (2.) Find by the Multiplication Table how often the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure, or the two first figures of the dividend, and set the figure denoting the number of times in the quotient.... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - 1837 - 252 pages
...figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure of the dividend or dividual, RULE : — Find how often the first figure of the Divisor is contained in the first figure of the Dividend or Dividuals, the answer is the true quotient figure. EXAMPLES AND OPERATION. 21230)89399-861(4211... | |
 | Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...through all the figures of the dividend. PROOF. The same as for Short Division. OBSERVATIONS. 1. If the first figure of the divisor is contained in the first figure of the dividend, a» many places of figures must be taken in the dividend for the first divisor as... | |
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