 | Matthew Iley - 1820 - 512 pages
...in whole numbers till every figure in the dividend has been brought down. Lastly, point off us many decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds that in •the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the figures of the quotient if necessary. It is obvious... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...quotient as there 1 gg are in the dividend. Hence the 159 following ~To~6 , 106 Divide as in simple numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the decimals in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not so many figures in the quotient,... | |
 | Oliver A. Shaw - Arithmetic - 1832 - 108 pages
..." To operate with the fig tires precisely as in whole numbers, and then to point of from the right as many figures for decimals in the quotient, as the number of the decimal places in the dividend exceeds that of the decimal places in the divisor." In the present... | |
 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1833 - 224 pages
...DECIMALS. RULE. — Prepare your decimals as directed for multiplication, divide as in whole numbers, cut off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor, namely, make the number of decimal figures in the... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...25.146. 3. — 125.256 take 54.32789. 4. _ 6540. take 6540. MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the product, as there are decimals in both factors. If there are not so many figures in the product as... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 352 pages
...dividing the dividend by the divisor, and pointing off as many decimal places in the whole part of the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds that in the divisor, or if there are not so many in the quotient, adding the requisite 48 ARITHMETIC... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
....1234 .0046 7404 4936 245.792 .00056764 From the above examples, we deduce the following RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier; but, if there should not be so many... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 184 pages
...3024 13104 1512 1 3 2.9 1 2 .18144 From the above operations, we deduce the following RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier; but, if there be not so many figures... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...40. Division of decimals is performed as in integers, observing to point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor; for, by the nature of division, the product of the divisor and quotient... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1843 - 340 pages
....1234 .0046 7404 4936 245.792 .00056764 From the above examples, we deduce the following RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the product, as there are decimals m the multiplicand and multiplier; but, if there should not be so many... | |
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Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 
