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30. Bought a farm for 5670 dollars, and sold it for 7896 dollars, and I divide the amount gained among 6 persons, what does each receive? Ans. 371 dollars. 131. If 6 shillings make a dollar, how many dollars in 7890 shillings?
Ans. 1315 dollars.
§ 47. LONG DIVISION, or when the Divisor exceeds 1. A gentleman divided 4712 dollars equally among his 19 children; what was the share of each? Ans. 248 dollars. Set down the di- Dividend. visor and the divi- Divisor 19) 4712 (248 Quotient. dend as in short di- 38 vision. Then draw a curved line on 91 the right of the di- 76 vidend. Inquire how many times 152 1 9, the divisor, is 152 contained in 47, the smallest number in 000 the dividend that will contain the di- visor. By examining 19 and 47 you conclude that it is contained 2 times. Write 2 for the left hand figure of the quotient, on the right of the dividend, and multiply the divisor, 19, by 2, the first figure of the quotient, and find it makes 38. Set this 38 under 47, and you know that 2, the quotient figure, is not too large, because if it were, 19 multiplied by it would give a product larger than 47. Then subtract 38 from 47, and you find 9 re- maining. Then you know that 2, the quotient figure is not too small, because if it were this remainder would be greater than 19. Then bring down 1, the next figure of the dividend and place it on the right of 9, the remainder, making 91. Then inquire how many times 19 is contained in 91, and you find it to be 4 times. Write the 4 for the next figure of the quotient, and multiply 19 by it. Write the product 76 under the
