Algorithms; Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900; Mathematics -- History
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---++---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| Residuu{m} | | | | | | || | | | | . | 1 | 2 |
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---++---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| quo{ciens} | | | | 6 | 5 | 4 || | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---++---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| Diuidend{us} | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 || 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---++---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| Diuisor | | 5 | 4 | 3 | | || 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | |
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---++---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
+------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| The quocient | | | | 6 | 5 | 4 |
+------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| To be dyvyded{e} | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
+------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| The dyvyser | | 5 | 4 | 3 | | |
+------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[Sidenote: A special case.]
And yf it happ{e} after þe settyng forward{e} of the fig{ur}es þ{a}t þe
last of the divisor may not so oft be w{i}t{h}draw of the fig{ur}e above
his hede, above þat fig{ur}e vnder the which{e} the first of the diuiser
is writ me most sette a cifre in ordre of the nombre quocient, and sette
the fig{ur}es forward{e} as be-fore be o difference alone, and so me
shall{e} do in all{e} nombres to be dyvided{e}, for where the dyviser
may not be w{i}t{h}-draw me most sette there a cifre, and sette
forward{e} the figures; as here:--
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| The residue | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
|------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| The quocient | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| To be dyvyded{e} | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
|------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| The dyvyser | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | |
+------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[Sidenote: Another example. What the quotient shows. How to prove
your division, or multiplication.]
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