 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - 1877 - 374 σελίδες
...the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, etc., the operation ig performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. 2. Reduce 40063 liters to hektoliters. Ans. 400.63 HI. 3. In 136.7... | |
 | William Guy Peck - 1877 - 430 σελίδες
...$9.43. NOTE.— To divide a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the dividend if necessary. 26. What is the quotient of 77.56 by 10 ? Ans. 7.756.... | |
 | William Guy Peck - 1878 - 240 σελίδες
...Divide 6 by .003. 12. Divide 28.475 by .0005. To divide by 10, 100, etc., we move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 13. Divide 37.41 by 10. 15. Divide 843.7 by 1000. 14. Divide 341.6 by 100. 16. Divide 83.86 by 100.... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1879 - 392 σελίδες
...etc., to divide by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Bule. Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE 1. In order to move the decimal point the required number of places to the left, it may be necessary... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - 1879 - 134 σελίδες
...«x5=?=6i. To divide by any number expressed by 1 and any number of ciphers, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 74864 -=-1000 =74.864 DECIMALS. The system of Decimal fractions is so pre-eminently simple, that when... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1879 - 200 σελίδες
...ciphers in the multiplier. 2. A number is reduced to a HIGHER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the LEFT as there are ciphers in the divisor. MEASURES OP LENGTH. 109. The Meter is the unit of length ; it is legal in the United States at 39.37... | |
 | George Ricks - 1879 - 420 σελίδες
...deduce the rule : — To dinde a decimal fraction by 10, or any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. To DIVIDE A DECIMAL FRACTION BY ANY OTHER DECIMAL FRACTION. FIRST METHOD. Example 1.— Divide -068921... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1879 - 238 σελίδες
...by 10, cutting off two figures divides it by 100, etc. The Decimal Point (Art. 24), by being removed as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, may be used to denote where the cutting off is made, and the remainder will be the part on the right... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1880 - 370 σελίδες
...is 10, 100, 1000, etc., the quotient may be obtained, at once, by removing the decimal point in the dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. For, since the value denoted by 'figures is multiplied by 10 by re moving the decimal point one place... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 σελίδες
...x .0005 x -0005 x -0005 to 9 places. § 6. Dmsiox. CASK L By a power of 10. Shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary, and curtail the decimal thus obtained. Т^-нЮО to 5 places. Ai-100... | |
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... dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
