 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...From 146.265 take 45.3278 ,8. From 4560. take .720 MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as tliere are in both factors. If there are not as many places in the product as there are decima»^>Iaces... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1817 - 214 pages
...From 146.265 take 45.3278 8. From 4560. take .720 MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both factors. If there are not as many places in the product as there are decimal places in the factors,... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - Arithmetic - 1822 - 200 pages
...subtract the millionth part of itself. Am. .999999. MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both factors. If there are not as many places in the product as there arf decimal places in the factors,... | |
 | James Ryan - Arithmetic - 1827 - 290 pages
...13si;. Ans. 1-8188235. Multiplication of Decimal Fractions. 128. RULE..— Multiply the factors as in multiplication of whole numbers, and point off in the product as many of the decimals as there are in both factors, sup* In this exercise and the next two, the given fractions... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 530 pages
...numbers containing them . Multiply them together as if they were whole numbers, and point off from the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand together. If there are not so many digits in the product add zeros to the left. Let 5.75... | |
 | 1852 - 316 pages
...decimal places, we obtain the rule. — Multiply the figures as if they were whole numbers, and mark off in the product as many decimal places as there are in loth multiplier and multiplieand. Ex. Multiply .54 by .3. Converted into vulgar fractions we have *... | |
 | Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...verify each result. MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. 90. RULE. Multiply the numbers together as if they were whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are decimal places in both the multiplicand and the multiplier; if there are not figures enough, supply... | |
 | Henry Warren Torrey - Chronology, Historical - 1855 - 170 pages
...whole numbers, not forgetting that ten tenths make a unit. Rule for Multiplication : — Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are decimals in both factors: — Hence the Rule for Division : — Divide as in whole numbers, and make... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 pages
...each result. 6—2 MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. 90. RULE. Multiply the numbers together as if they were whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are decimal places in both the multiplicand and the multiplier ; if there are not figures enough, supply... | |
 | James Bryce - 1860 - 80 pages
...have, therefore, the following Rule. — To multiply decimals, proceed as in simple multiplication, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in all the factors ; supplying any deficiency by prefixing ciphers. Ex. 1. Multiply •035274 by 7000.... | |
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Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both factors. 
