 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 474 pages
...the ptpduft. To multiply decimals by 10, move the decimal point one place to the right ; to multiply by 100, 1000, or the like, move it as many places to the right as there are cyphers in the multiplier. In divificn, " Point the quotient fo that there may "... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1907 - 364 pages
...Divide 24.255 by 6.3 d. 257.04 + . 36 e. Find the sum of the four quotients, a to d. To divide a number by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide a number by 20, take 1 half of 1 tenth of the number. To divide a number by 30, take 1 third of 1 tenth... | |
 | Earle Bertram Norris, Kenneth Gardner Smith, Ralph Thurman Craigo - Arithmetic - 1912 - 210 pages
...for each cipher in the multiplier. This process is reversed in division, the rules being: To divide by 10 move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100 move the decimal point two places to the left, etc. Example : Reduce 10275 cents to dollars. 10275-^... | |
 | Earle Bertram Norris, Kenneth Gardner Smith, Ralph Thurman Craigo - Arithmetic - 1912 - 210 pages
...for each cipher in the multiplier. This process is reversed in division, the rules being: To divide by 10 move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100 move the decimal point two places to the left, etc. Example : Reduce 10275 cents to dollars. 10275-^100... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1914 - 396 pages
...miles of railroad were there in Rhode Island ? 37. Summary of .Short Methods in Division. To divide by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100, move the decimal point two places to the left, and so on for other powers of 10. To divide by 3, multiply... | |
 | Charles Ernest Chadsey - 1914 - 274 pages
...even where there are no cents written. In order to divide the number by 10, it is necessary only to move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100, the decimal point must be moved two places to the left. In dividing by ten, it is necessary to have... | |
 | George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1915 - 316 pages
...Korea had 0.001 as many. How many had Korea ? 176. Summary of Short Methods in Division. To divide by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100, move the decimal point two places to the left, and so on for other powers of 10. To divide by 5, multiply... | |
 | George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1915 - 314 pages
...and Korea had 0.001 as many. How many had Korea? 176. Summary of Short Methods in Division. To divide by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100, move the decimal point two places to the left, and so on for other powers of 10. To divide by 5, multiply... | |
 | John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - Arithmetic - 1920 - 344 pages
...Then give 14.8 -5- 10. 2. Give 100 x 3.475. Then give 347.5 .*- 100. From these we see that To divide by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left; to divide by 100, move the decimal point two places to the left ; and so on. At sight divide by 10 : 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1920 - 332 pages
...Dividing by Powers of 10. From the work studied on page 33 we obtain the following: To divide a number by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide a number by 100, move the decimal point two placet to the left. Thus, 8 -=-100 = 0.08, or .08. To divide... | |
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To divide by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100, move the decimal point two places to the left, and so on for other powers of 10. 
