 | Thomas Keith - 1825 - 332 σελίδες
...RULE I. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off so many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; but, if the quotient does not contain such a number of figures as is equal to the excess, the defect... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1825
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DIVIDE as in whole numbers ; and point off in the quotient as many places f. >r decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.* » The reason of this Rule is evident; for, since the divisor multiplied by the quotient gives the... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - 1826 - 200 σελίδες
...dividend ; therefore, divide as in whole numbers, and, 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. 2. If the places of the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1826 - 164 σελίδες
...DECIMALS. RULE.! — Divide as in whole numbers, and point oft' so many plates for decimals in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not so many figures in the quotient as the number of decimals required, supply the defect... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1827
...or short, of whole numbers. 2. Point off to the right of the quotient, as many places fpidecimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 3. If the places in the quotient fall short, supply the deficiency by prefixing cyphers. 4. When a... | |
 | William Slocomb - 1828 - 137 σελίδες
...dividend; therefore divide as in whole numbers, and 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. o 2. If there be not so many places of decimals in the quotient as the rule requires, supply the deficit... | |
 | Daniel Parker - 1828 - 348 σελίδες
...dividend. Therefore, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right-band of the quotient point off so many places 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 defect by prefixing... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - 1828 - 664 σελίδες
....0625 Multiply By . Product = . .75 .75 375 525 ^5625 DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. tient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor I—- But if there be not as many figures in the quotient as there are in that excess, the deficiency... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - 1829 - 250 σελίδες
...and divisor be equal in number with those in the dividend ; and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals, as the. decimal...dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, prefix as many ciphers to the left hand of the... | |
 | 1829 - 180 σελίδες
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS, we have this RULE.* Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; but if there are not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. The quotient... | |
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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. 
