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SIMPLE DIVISION.
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To prove Division.
Multiply the quotient by the divisor, to the product add
the remainder, and the sum will be equal to the dividend
■when the work is right.
Examples.
1. Divide 73146085 by 4. - Ans. 18286521J.
- 2. What is the quotient of 5317986027 divided by 7 ?
Ans. 7597122894
3. What is the quotient of 570196382 by 12 ?
Ans. 47516365rT-
4. How often is 37 contained in 74638105 ?
Ans. 2017246yT times.
5. How often does 137896254 contain 97 ?
Ans. 1421610|4 times.
6. Divide 35821649 into 764 equal parts.
Ans. They are each 4688644t*
7. What is the quotient of 72091365 by 5201 ?
Ans. 13861y^4T.
CONTRACTIONS.
I. Division by a single figure, or by any figure in the first
line of the multiplication table, may be expeditiously per¬
formed by multiplying and subtracting .mentally, and writ¬
ing down only the quotient below the dividend.
Examples.
3) 56103961 4) 52019675
187013204 Quot.
5) 1370192 6) 38072940
7) 8139062'7 8) 23718620
9) 4308196
10) 7803196