 | Charles Davies - 1865 - 468 σελίδες
...places, 100 times, &c. ; 47.9256 therefore, to divide by 10, 100, 1000, &c., we remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Rule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1868 - 356 σελίδες
...lif. Ans. 123.107. 186. To divide a decimal tnj 1O, 1OO, 1OOO, etc. Rule. — Hemove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, (4:1, 3). 1. 432.68-r-lO. Ans. 43.268; 2. 2.428-r-lOOO. Ans. .002428. 3. 1.47-^1000. Ans. .00147. 4... | |
 | James A. Christie - 1865 - 454 σελίδες
...Page 53PRINCIPLE VIII. Multiplying by any power of 10merely removes every Digit of the Multiplicand as many places to the left as there are Ciphers in the Multiplier. Page 55PRINCIPLE IX. The word " of" between Numbers has the same meaning as the sign of... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1866 - 184 σελίδες
...number o/ integers and decimals, can be divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Divide 13.41 by 10, by 100, by 1000 ; 476.9 by 100, by 10000; .17 by 10; .176 by 1000; 438.15-4-10=... | |
 | Thomas Percy Hudson - 1866 - 268 σελίδες
...1oo = *g% = 34-567. Similarly, to divide a decimal by any power of 10, we must move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. If there are more ciphers in the divisor than there are places in the decimal, we must prefix a sufficient... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1857 - 358 σελίδες
...ciphers in the multiplier. Thus, $2.50 = 250 cents; §2.50 5=2505 mills. In Dividing, move the point as many places to the left, as there are ciphers in the divisor. Thus, 275 cents = 82. 75; 4285 mills = $4.28 5 1. Reduce 17 cts. to mills. AM. 170 m. 2. Reduce 28... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1868 - 468 σελίδες
...the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, &c., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce 2A 5 to myriares. 2. Reduce ,M 403... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1869 - 332 σελίδες
...dollars, divide by 1000. Cents or mills may be reduced directly to dollars by placing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor (Art. 64). Examples. 4. In 691000 mills how many dollars ? Ans. $691. 5. In 162 cents how many dollars... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1870 - 276 σελίδες
...the nearest integer. § 5. DIvISION. CASE I. By a power of 10. (Cf. p. 107.) 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. ^4- 100 to 5 places. Ar-100=... | |
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When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers. 
