Cast up the first of these sums in the following manner, and say, 5 and
1 make 6; 3 more, 9; 4 more, 13; 1 more, 14; 2 more, 16; and 2 more,
18: set down――18.
Make the addition of the second sum in the same manner as you have done
the first, and you will find the same sum of――18.
Then proceed for the third as in the two preceding, and the product
will be also――18.
Here then is my division made, and each person will have only 18, as I
have proved by the foregoing example.
By this we see, that nothing more is required than to be attentive in
setting the sums, to make the numbers so that each sum may amount only
to 18.
You may make the same question on whatever sum you please, only
observing, as above, that the amount of the numbers you set may not
exceed the sum you desire to belong to each person that is to have a
share.