| Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...Annex as many ciphers to the numerator as may be necessary, and divide it by the denominator. Note.-— There must be as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers annexed to the numerator. When a compound fraction is given, first reduce it to aTsingle one,... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...must be as many decimal places in a product as there are in both its factors; and it follows, that, in division of decimals, there must be as many decimal places in the divisor and quotient together, as there are in the dividend. Therefore, the number of decimal places... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...must be as many decimal places in a product as there are in both its factors; and it follows, that, in division of decimals, there must be as many decimal places in the divisor and quotient together, as there are in the dividend. Therefore, the number of decimal places... | |
| Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 402 pages
...dollars ? 38. If there are decimals in the dividend only, divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the dividend. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. How many times is 4 contained in 3416.8? 4 ) 3416.8 854.2 2. How many times... | |
| George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...right. Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right; divide, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the altered dividend. NOTE I. — When there is a remainder after all the figures in the dividend are exhausted,... | |
| George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...right. Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to tht right; divide, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the altered dividend. NOTE I. — When there is a remainder after all the figures in the dividend are exhausted,... | |
| George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...right. Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to tht right; divide, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the altered dividendNOTE I. — When there is a remainder after all the figures in the dividend are exhausted,... | |
| William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...(annexing ciphers if necessary); divide the result by the divisor regarded as an integer, pointing off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the dividend. In Example 1, we have, by this rule, 347.5 -r- 25. In Example 3, when we wish 4 decimal places in the... | |
| George Ricks - Arithmetic - 1879 - 420 pages
...Hence, from these and other examples, deduce the rule : — "'vide as in ordinary division, and mark off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the dividend, less the пит er in the divisor. If there are not a sufficient number of decimal places in the dividend... | |
| John William Marshall - Arithmetic - 1879 - 346 pages
...simple division, adding 0's if necessary after the decimal point of the dividend. Finally mark off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the dividend. Example.— Divide 38.368 by 5.45. The question is first changed into the equivalent one "divide 3836.8... | |
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