 | William Taylor (teacher of the mathematics.) - 1800 - 556 σελίδες
...X 1000—450, &c. XLIX. DIVISION of DECIMALS. RULE. DIVIDE as if they were whole numbers ; then cut off as many decimal places in the quotient, as the number of decimal in the dividend exceeds the number in the divifor ; if there are not fo many in the divifor, prefix... | |
 | James Wood - 1815 - 338 σελίδες
...(40.) Division in decimals is performed as in whole numbers, observing to point off' as many decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. Ex. Divide 77.922 by 3.7. 7*7 Q22 -±-¥- — = 21.06: here there are three decimals in the... | |
 | Matthew Iley - 1820 - 512 σελίδες
...numbers till every figure in the dividend has been brought down. Lastly, point off us many decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds that in •the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the figures of the quotient if necessary. It is obvious... | |
 | 1836 - 352 σελίδες
...dividing the dividend by the divisor, and pointing off as many decimal places in the whole part of the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds that in the divisor, or if there are not so many in the quotient, adding the requisite 48 ARITHMETIC... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 σελίδες
....0136476. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 40. Division of decimals is performed as in integers, observing to point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor; for, by the nature of division, the product of the divisor and quotient is equal to the dividend,... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1852 - 320 σελίδες
...number ; and if the dividend contain more decimal places than the divisor, there must of necessity be as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number of decima1 places in the divisor. Hence, the following rule ; which also becomes... | |
 | James Gray - 1854 - 120 σελίδες
...how much is that a-year? Ans. 303/. 8s. l^d. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the dividend has more than the divisor. NOTE 1. If there are not as many decimal places in the quotient... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 σελίδες
...divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right hand of the result, as many places of decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the tains an>' uther factors : divisor, prefixing 0'., if necessary, to make \... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1856 - 312 σελίδες
...number; and if the dividend contain more decimal places than the divisor, there must of necessity be as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number of decimal places in the divisor. We deduce the same conclusion from the following... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1857 - 452 σελίδες
...as before. Hence the following RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor ; but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE 1. — When... | |
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Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 
