...Number, out of which the Divifor is to be taken, is of the fame Number of Places, fee how many II! many Times the firft Figure of the Divifor is contained in the firft (Left-hand) Figure of that Number ; but, if that Number confifts of one Place more than the Divifor,...

...Fourthly, When the divifor confifts of feveral figures, we may try them feparately, by inquiring how often the firft figure of the divifor is contained in the firft figure of the dividend, and then confidering whether the fécond and following figures of the divifor bf contained as often in...

...RULE. 1. If the Divifor be a lefs Number than fo many Figures taken in the Dividend, fee how often the firft Figure of the Divifor is contained in the firft Figure of the Dividend, and the Figure which expreffes it is the firft of the Quotient, by which multiply the Divifor, and place...