Arithmetic of Computers

Arithmetic of Computers

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Lesson 2

The Arithmetic of Powers

Multiplication by addition, and division by subtraction

Page 65

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Your answer :
No.
The question was: In the calculation
(24)/(4) = 6
can we call the number 24 the “dividend”?
We can. A fraction is an indicated division. The two forms in which division might be shown are illustrated below:
 ← quotient →   →   →  6 4 )24  ← dividend →  24  =  6 4  ←   ← divisor → 
When you learned arithmetic at school you probably saw division indicated as
6 4)24
or perhaps
24÷4 = 6, 
but division can equally be indicated in the fractional form as, for example,
(24)/(4).
So we may perfectly well refer to 24 in this case as the dividend.
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Answer to Self-Test Question 10, Lesson 2 :
9 is the divisor, 45 is the dividend, and 5 is the quotient.

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