If a quantity be divided ... Of equal quantities that equally grow or equally diminish, the parts grow by as much as their number falls short, and conversely the parts diminish by as much as the number grows. If a given material can be divided into equal parts, and those grow equally and diminish equally, then it will be seen that the parts grow by as much as the number diminishes, and the number diminishes by as much as the parts grow. If a whole given material is gatherable and dispersible into equal parts, then it will be seen that the parts diminish by as much as their number grows, and conversely. If a number is divided into equal parts, those parts will diminish in quantity by as much as they grow in number, and conversely they will grow in quantity by as much as they diminish in number. Of a given number subdivided equally into equal parts, the more the parts grow, the more the number diminishes; and conversely, the more those parts become smaller, the greater their number becomes. If a ... The more it is divided, the more the parts grow.

If a given quantity of material be wholly divided into equal parts ... be divided into equal parts at different times, with different numbers, it will be seen that as much as their parts grow, so much the number falls short; and the parts diminish by as much as the number grows. If a given number is equally subdivided into equal parts, the more the number of the parts grows, the more they diminish in magnitude; and conversely, the more the number of those parts diminishes, the more their magnitudes grow. If a given number is successively divided into equal parts, the magnitudes of such parts diminish by as much as their number grows. If a number is divided into equal parts, those parts will diminish in quantity by as much as they grow in number.

The square table of proportions can be subdivided into unequal parts infinitely.