 Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supplying the deficiency, if any, by prefixing ciphers.  Walton and Holmes's Arithmetics: 1st Book- - Page 47by George Augustus Walton, Stanley Harry Holmes - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Clarke (accountant.) - Arithmetic - 1742 - 152 pages
...Multiplication of Decimal Fractions IS the fame Way performed as Multiplication of Whole Numbers, only point off as many Decimal Places in the Product as there are Decimal Places in both the Multiplicand and Multiplier : As .31875 .002400 .015625 The Operation is the fame as Multiplication... | |
 | Wardhaugh Thompson - 1771 - 324 pages
...firft Fractions W f Xfr^ijori. 5. But why as you told me in the when there are not fo many figures in the product as there are Decimal places in both Multiplicand and 2 Muui354 MULTIPLICATION Multiplier, fhould we prefix cyphers to make it equal to that number ? M.... | |
 | James Wood - Algebra - 1815 - 338 pages
...MULTIPLICATION. (38.) To multiply one decimal by another, multiply the figures as in whole numbers, and point off' as many decimal places in the .product as there are in the multiplier and the multiplicand together. = (according to the decimal notation) 235.98. And... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1824 - 224 pages
...109.62+34.691, and of 478.462x37.66+378.8? answer 90,849 MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Multiply as in integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as are in both factors. NotK 1. If the decimal places be wanting in the product, supply them with ciphers... | |
 | B. M. Tyler - Arithmetic - 1827 - 308 pages
...multiplicand and multiplier together. If both the multiplicand and multiplier are mixed numbers, there will be as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both the given numbers, since both decimals will produce as many decimal places in the product as it is... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1828 - 776 pages
...DECIMALS. Multiplication of decimals is also performed the same way as in whole numbers ; observing to cut off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both factors ; that is, in the multiplicand and multiplier. Example 1. Multiply .... 2.4362 Bv Product =... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1831 - 286 pages
...3d. 3,4125 20 3,2500 12 It will Ъг recollected by the pupil in pointing off) that títere must be as many decimal places in the product^ as there are decimal places tit Iwtk multiplier and multiplicand. 3,0000 From these illustrations we derive the following RULE.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1837 - 306 pages
...$11,375 ,3 3,4125 20 8,2500 12 It will bo recollected by the pupil, in pointing off. that there must be u many decimal places in the product, as there are decimal places in both multiplier and multiplicand. From these illustrations we derive the following RULE. Q. How do you reduce... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1838 - 804 pages
...DECIMALS. Multiplication of decimals is also performed the same way as in whole numbers j observing to cut off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both factors ; that is, in the multiplicand and multiplier. Example \ . Multiply .... 2.4362 By 275 121810... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...DECIMALS. 39. To find the product of two decimals, orvmixed numbers containing decimals, multiply as in integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there arc in both factors. Ex. 1. Find the product of 31.43 and .3, 31.43 x -3 = 9.429. The corresponding... | |
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