Meanings of divisor in English

Consequently, the smallest divisor that will serve the purpose is always preferred.

On trial we find that this is such a divisor.

This index divisor is the sole link to the original base period value of the index.

Divide the number of harness into two parts, which must neither be equal nor have a common divisor.

If its last figure is a 0, strike this off, and treat what is left as the divisor.

The number of votes obtained by each of the lists is divided by the "common divisor" thus:-

The figure two the divisor.

If its last figure is an even number, multiply the whole by 5, and treat the product as a divisor.

The lowest of these numbers, 3,500, becomes the common divisor, or the "electoral quotient."

Every divisor is a gift of God, and corresponds to the months of the year and to the revolution of the universe.

Some however I have met with who, in arithmetic, could multiply and divide, by a single multiplier or divisor, several places of figures.

If its last figure is a 5, multiply the whole by 2, and treat the product as the divisor.

But Mr. BUTLER forgot that the larger the majority, the larger the divisor for spoils, and therefore the smaller the quotient and the "dividend."

Therefore, 179 is the divisor we want, which always leaves a remainder 164 in the case of the original numbers given.

Or, what is worse, suppose you encourage her to study the Greatest Common Divisor?

Then she will never need the Greatest Common Divisor.