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" Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. "
Second Book in Arithmetic: Comprising Four Years of Oral and Written Work in ... - Page 122
1882 - 380 pages
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A Complete System of Practical Arithmetic, with Various Branches in the ...

William Taylor (teacher of the mathematics.) - Arithmetic - 1800 - 556 pages
...1000—450, &c. XLIX. DIVISION of DECIMALS. RULE. DIVIDE as if they were whole numbers ; then cut off as many decimal places in the quotient, as the number of decimal in the dividend exceeds the number in the divifor ; if there are not fo many in the divifor, prefix...
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The Elements of Algebra: Designed for the Use of Students in the University

James Wood - Algebra - 1815 - 338 pages
...(40.) Division in decimals is performed as in whole numbers, observing to point off' as many decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in...dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. Ex. Divide 77.922 by 3.7. 7*7 Q22 -±-¥- — = 21.06: here there are three decimals in the dividend, and one...
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The new practical gager

Matthew Iley - 1820 - 512 pages
...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...
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Mathematics I.

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...
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The elements of algebra

James Wood - Algebra - 1841 - 492 pages
...48. Division in decimals is performed as in whole numbers, observing to point off" as many decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. '. 2 — 2 Ex. Divide 77'922 by 3-7. 77-922 21-06: 3-7 here there are three decimals in the dividend...
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The principles of arithmetic. [Followed by] The principles of algebra

Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 40. Division of decimals is performed as in integers, observing to point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor; for, by the nature of division, the product of the divisor and quotient is equal to the dividend, and,...
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Stoddard's Practical Arithmetic

John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1852 - 320 pages
...number ; and if the dividend contain more decimal places than the divisor, there must of necessity be as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number of decima1 places in the divisor. Hence, the following rule ; which also becomes...
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Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising ...

Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right hand of the result, as many places of decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the tains an>' uther factors : divisor, prefixing 0'., if necessary, to make \...
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The American Philosophical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Advanced ...

John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...whole number; and if the dividend contain more decimal places than the divisor, there must of necessity be as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number of decimal places in the divisor. We deduce the same conclusion from the following...
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The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and ...

Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...as before. Hence the following RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor ; but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE 1. — When the decimal...
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