 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - 1843 - 348 σελίδες
...Divide as 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 prefacing ciphers. Q. If one decimal fraction... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 254 σελίδες
.... 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 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... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 σελίδες
...DECIMALS. RULE. — 1. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as as many decimal places in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. See Example 1st2. If the quotient have not so many places of figures in it, as there are decimal places... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1844 - 358 σελίδες
...Divide as 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... | |
 | Charles WATERHOUSE - 1844 - 228 σελίδες
...Proceed as in simple numbers — pointing off as many figures from the right hand of the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there be not so many figures in the dividend as in the divisor, annex ciphers to the dividend, until... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - 1846 - 266 σελίδες
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS., Divide as in whole numbers; and in the quotient, point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; that if, make the . decimal places in the divisor and quotient counted together,' equal to the decimal... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 402 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.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 354 σελίδες
...OF DECIMALS. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures fur 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 - 1846 - 362 σελίδες
...DECIMALS. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many fig-~ tiresfor 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.... | |
 | 1847 - 508 σελίδες
...decimals in 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... | |
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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. 
