 | Silas Totten - 1836 - 320 σελίδες
...RULE. (61.) Divide as in wliolc numbers, and point off, in the quotient, as many figures for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. The reason for this rule is evident, for the quotient multiplied by the divisor, must produce the dividend;... | |
 | William Tate - 1837 - 358 σελίδες
...but they are not necessary. * The quotient may otherwise be valued by cutting off so many places on the right of the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend, including the cipher» used to continue the operation, exceed those in the divisor. EXAMPLE 3. To divide... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - 1838 - 804 σελίδες
...performed in the same manner as in whole numbers j observing to point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor : — But if there be not as many figures in the quotient as there are in that excess, the deficiency... | |
 | George Willson - 1838 - 194 σελίδες
...Divide as in whole numbers ; and point off from the right of the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not as many places in the quotient as the rule requires, prefix ciphers. When there are... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1838 - 292 σελίδες
...in simple numbers, and point off in the quotient, 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. Q. If one decimal fraction... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1839 - 348 σελίδες
...decimals. Rule. 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. When the decimal places of the quotient are not so many as the above rule requires, the deficiency... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 σελίδες
...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 exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the deficiency by prefixing... | |
 | William Ruger - 1841 - 268 σελίδες
...to a unit. How do you pcint off in division of deeimals 7 A. As maay figures froir. the right hand of the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. When you divide by a pure decimal, is the quotient greater or less than the dividend 1 A. Greater.... | |
 | W. F. Walker - 1841 - 246 σελίδες
...as the decimals in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. V. If there are not so many figures in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the devisor, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. VI. Annex a cipher or ciphers to the remainder... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1842 - 592 σελίδες
...DECIMALS. Divide as in whole numbers, observing to point off as many decimal places in the quoticnt, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there be not as many figures in the quoticnt as are equal to that excess, supply the deficicney... | |
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RULE. 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 the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
