 | James Wood - Algebra - 1815 - 338 pages
...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. Ex. Divide 77.922 by 3.7. 7*7 Q22 -±-¥- — = 21.06: here there are three decimals in the dividend,... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...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 is equal to the dividend, and,... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1852 - 320 pages
...must be as many decimal places in tho quotient as those in the dividend exceed thone in the divisor. Divide as in whole numbers ; and from the right of the quotient point off as many decimal places at those in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; and, if necessary, prefix ciphers... | |
 | 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 \... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...$148.62. 69. How many dollars in 164862 muís ï Ans. $164.862. V. To divide integers and decimals. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor : if you have not enough... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 pages
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 pages
...the following R0LE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off" as matey 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, supjyly the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. XOTE 1. — When the decimal... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 456 pages
...following RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures in the quotient as (he number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the dicisor ; but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE 1. — When... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 144 pages
...divisor is a whole number, we have the following RULE FOE DIVIDING FEDERAL MONEY. Divide as in simple numbers, and from the right of the quotient, point off as many figures for cents and mills, as there are places of cents and mills in the dividend. OBS. When the dividend... | |
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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. 
