16 ELEMENTS OF SCIENCE 



the seventh power, is 128, and, of course, any number 

 may be raised to any power. 



The process of Division is a form of subtraction, as 

 the process of multiplication is a form of addition. It is 

 a process which shows us, by the aid of the multiplication 

 table, how many times one number may be contained in 

 another. Thus, e.g., we see that 2 is contained 8 times 

 in 1 6, because twice 8 are 16. We express it familiarly 

 thus : 



2)16 



But the same result is arrived at (and its correctness, if 

 need be, proved) simply by a repetition of the process of 

 subtraction, thus : 



16 



2 



14 



2 



12 



2 



10 

 2 



8 



2 



6 



2 



4 



2 



