 | William Vogdes - 1847 - 324 σελίδες
...DECIMALS. § 04. RULE. 1. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in...those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing ciphers. 3. If at any time there... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1847 - 368 σελίδες
...18063 Ans. .023. Divide as in simple numbers, and point off• in the quo. tient, from the right hand, so many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; and if there are not so many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 2.3421... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1847 - 368 σελίδες
...18063 Ans. .023. Divide as in simple numbers, and point off" in the quolient, from the right hand, so many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the di. visor ; and if there are not so many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. EXAMPLES. 1.... | |
 | 1847 - 508 σελίδες
...the product, as there are in the multiplicand and multiplier ? And in division, why cut off as many decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ? Answer: — because the rule tells me to do so ; but is this the answer we are to be satisfied with... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 426 σελίδες
...OP DECIMALS. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the quotient does not contain figures enough, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. PROOF.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1848 - 434 σελίδες
...OF DECIMALS. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the quotient does not contain figures enough, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. PROOF.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - 1849 - 260 σελίδες
...dividend. 1 . Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand in the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend...quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. 3. If the divisor has more decimal places than the dividend, annex... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - 1849 - 276 σελίδες
...GENERAL RULE FOR DIVISION OF DECIMALS. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in the quotient as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. The dividend must contain at least as many decimal places as the divisor. If it has not so many, anner... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - 1849 - 286 σελίδες
...decimals in the quotient as the number of decimals in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor ; and if the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the deficiency by annexing ciphers to the left hand of the quotient. Example 1.— Divide 173'5425by 3'75.... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - 1849 - 156 σελίδες
...DIVISION. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the quotient does not contain figures enough, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. To reduce... | |
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... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
