English: Successive Division may be performed as the converse of successive multiplication. A representing the determination of 1⁄20 of 1⁄12 of ¼ of 2880 farthings, and B the conversion of 2880 farthings into £.
(Illustration from Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, 1911, article Arithmetic)
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