 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1875 - 216 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 - 1876 - 230 σελίδες
...by 10, cutting off two figures divides it by 100, etc. The Decimal Paint (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... | |
 | 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 centigrams, how many grams ? Ans.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1877 - 350 σελίδες
...decimal places (Ex. 5). REM. 4. — To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. If there be not enough figures, prefix ciphers (Ex. 6, Rern). 7. Divide 1.125 by .03. 8. Divide 86.075... | |
 | William Guy Peck - 1877 - 430 σελίδες
...the dividend. As all other examples may be treated in a similar manner, we have the following RULE. Move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right as there are decimal places in the divisor (annexing ciphers if necessary); divide the result... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Sir Thomas Muir - 1878 - 378 σελίδες
...211 Our notation being decimal, division by a power of 10 amounts merely to shifting the units' mark in the dividend as many places to the left as there are zeros in the divisor, «*i 38.723 + 100 =-38723 2.4 -5-ioooo =.00024 16000-5-1000 =16 16000-}- 1000000=.... | |
 | 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... | |
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To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
