 | W. F. Walker - 1841 - 246 σελίδες
...it may be divided (§ 36. 1). 6. The point is written at the left of so many figures in the quotient as the decimal places in the -dividend exceed those in the divisor, for the reason that the dividend being in effect the product of the divisor and quotient (§ 36. 3),... | |
 | 1841 - 200 σελίδες
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. — Divide (') exactly as in whole numbers, and (2) from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal fisures in the dividend exceed in number the decimal figures in the divisor; if there are not so many... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 254 σελίδες
...the factors which produce the dividend. RULE. 1 . Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand in the quotient point off as many figures for decimals,...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... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - 1843 - 348 σελίδες
...RU1E. 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... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1843 - 470 σελίδες
...-000012. 8. Multiply -83754 by 861-391. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE.— Divide the same as in the Rule for whole numbers ; and in the quotient point off as many figures for the decimal, as the dividend has more than the divisor; if the number in the quotient is not sufficient,... | |
 | 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
...RU1E. 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
...(J-thousandthi -:..; -i.-in., DIVISION OF DECIMALS}., .,.;„,. RULE FOR DIVISION OF DECIMALS., Divide as in whole numbers; and in the quotient, point off as many...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 places... | |
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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. 
