DIVIDEND

, in Arithmetic, is the number given to be divided by some other number, called the divisor. Or it is the number given to be divided, or separated, into a certain number of equal parts, viz. as many as the divisor contains units; and the number of such equal parts is called the quotient. Or, more gonerally, the dividend contains the divisor, as many times as the quotient contains unity.

The Dividend is the numerator of a fraction, whose denominator is the divisor, and the quotient is the value of the fraction. Thus, 8/2 = 4, and 3/4 = .75.

DIVIDUAL. By this name some authors distinguish the several parts of a dividend, from which each separate figure of the quotient is found.