Hence, I learn, that from the number 
7634, 8 may be fubtracted 954 times, and 
there will remain a furplus of 2. What is 
this 2 ? It is a fraction. It is 4. But to 
render this more intelligible, let us fuppofe 
7634 to be fo many pounds fterling be^ 
queathed to be equally divided among 8 
Legatees : the quotient tells me, that they 
are entitled to 954^. each, and 4; that is, 
two eighths of a pound: this remainder 
therefore muft be multiplied by 20 in order 
to reduce it to {hillings. The product is 
40, which being divided by 8, gives 5: fo 
that each Legatee will receive 954^. 5*- 
I have faid that Divifipn is the reverfe of 
Multiplication. We will put this aflertion 
to the proof by trying to rebuild, by the laft, 
what, by the firft, we have pulled down. If 
8 be contained 954 times in 7634, then the 
firft of thefe two numbers multiplied by 8, 
with the addition of the remainder 2, muft 
pruduce the laft. 
Multiply 954 
By 8 
Add 
This 
