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S45. RULE.- Write the divisor at the left hand of the dividend, and draw a curved line between them, and draw a horizontal line under the dividend.
Then, beginning at the left, find how many times the divisor is contained in the fewest figures of the dividend that will contain it, and write the quotient under its dividend.
If there be a remainder, regard it as prefixed to the next figure of the dividend, and divide as before.
Should any dividend be less than the divisor, write a cipher in the quotient, and annex another figure, if any remains, for a new dividend.
Note.—If there is a remainder after dividing the last figure of the dividend, place that remainder at the right of the quotient, draw a line under it, and place the divisor under that line.
S 46. FIRST METHOD OF PROOF.--- Multiply the divi- sor and quotient together, and to the product add the remainder, if any, and, if the work is right, the result obtained will equal the dividend.
EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.
2. Divide 6875 by 5.
OPERATION. PROOF. Divisor 5) 6375 Dividend. 1275 Quotient. 5 Divisor. 1275 Quotient. 6375 Dividend 3) 7893762 4 ) 4763256 5) 3789565 2631254 1 (6) 190814 (7) ) 9876358 6) 87653897 ) 376582 9 ) 8953784 11) 7678903 (11) 1 2) 6345321
