 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1824 - 292 pages
...number, that being multiplied with the divisor will reproduce the dividend. Now a product must have as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand both. Consequently the decimal places in the divisor and quotient together must be equal to those in... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1829 - 258 pages
...number, that' be- ' ing multiplied with the divisor will reproduce the dividend. Now a product must have as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand both. Consequently the decimal places in the divisor and quotient together must be equal to those in... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 352 pages
...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 and 12.731, for instance,... | |
 | John William Colenso - Algebra - 1849 - 262 pages
...having p + q decimal places ; hence the rule : Multiply as in whole Nos.; and in the product point off as many decimal places as there are in the Multiplier and Multiplicand together. 192. To prove the ride for pointing in Divn of Decimals. Let M, N, P, Q, p, q be the same as before... | |
 | John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1861 - 140 pages
...Multiplication. Rule. Multiply the given decimals as if they were common integers, and mark off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand together. Division. Rule. Divide as if the given decimals were common integers ; and then, — If the number... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1864 - 238 pages
...Multiplication. RULE. Multiply the given decimals as if they were common integers, and mark off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand together. Ex. 1. Multiply 1.0025 by 2.5. 1.002 5 2.5 50125 2 0050 2.5062 5 Ans. Ex. 2. Multiply .0048 by .000012;... | |
 | Steam-engines - 1865 - 580 pages
...precisely the same way as the multiplication of whole numbers, and we must mark off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand together. Thus 1-0025 multiplied by 2-5 = 2-50625 ; also, -0048 multiplied by -000012 = 0000000576. The division... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 pages
...multiplication of decimals : Multiply the decimals together as in whole numbers ; and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand together ; prefixing ciphers, if necessary, to the left of the product. The process will stand as follows :... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1867 - 244 pages
...KULE. Multiply the given decimals, as if they were common whole numbers, and mark off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand together. Ex. 1. Multiply 1.0025 by 2.5. 10025 Here therefore four decimal places In the multiplicand, 25 and... | |
 | W. M. LUPTON - 1867 - 210 pages
...MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. — Multiply as in common integers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand. If more decimal places are required, put in ciphers to the left. Ciphers to the rio-ht are merely used... | |
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Now a product must have as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand both. 
