 | Daniel O'Sullivan - 1872 - 382 σελίδες
...convert a DECIMAL fraction into a simple number, we set down the numerator (by itself), and remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the denominator. Thus, -3s=3-+10=-3; i§g=789-r-i00=7-89; t§io=67i ,000= -067 ; &c. XOTE. — The Fractional... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1866 - 212 σελίδες
...are ciphers in the multiplier. Thus; $12.50=1250 cents ; $2.255=2255 mills. 3. In dividing, move the point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Thus ; 275 cents =$2.75 ; 4255 mills = $4.255. EXAMPLES FOE PEACTICE. 1. How many dollars in 145 cents?... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 σελίδες
...If the denominator be 10, or any power of 10, we can at once express it as a decimal by placing the point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Sometimes the divisor will not terminate, but the same figures will be repeated over again. Decimals... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1872 - 234 σελίδες
...prefix ciphers. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 3. If there is a remainder after carrying the work as far as de. sired, the sign (+) is annexed to... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1872 - 220 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... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - 1870 - 348 σελίδες
...the division to four or five decimal places. 2. 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. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Reduce Tf-j to a decimal. 2. Reduce -j:sinr *oa decimal. 3. Change .325 to a common... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1873 - 362 σελίδες
...; or mills to 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?... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - 1873 - 384 σελίδες
...denomination which makes a unit of the given denomination. Since the multiplier is always 10, 100, 1000, &o., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1874 - 380 σελίδες
...which makes a unit of the required denomination. Since the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, &e., tho operation is performed by removing the decimal point...ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce 2 A 5 to myriares. 2. Reduce 3 M 403 to kilometres. 3. Reduce ,S 42.3 to hectosteres. 4. Reduce ,A... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1874 - 444 σελίδες
...divide a decimal, or a mixed number consisting of integer and 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 are not figures enough for this, prefix ciphers to supply the deficiency. Show the reason... | |
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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. 
