 | Anthony Birks, John Birks - Arithmetic - 1766 - 642 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right-hand of the quotient point off for decimals fo many places as the decimal places in the dividend exceed thofe in the divifor j and thofe to the left, if any, are integers j but if the places of the quotient are not fo many as... | |
 | Henry Sherwin - Logarithms - 1772 - 474 pages
...in the Quotient feparate. with л Point fo many- Figures to the right Hand (for a Decimal Fraction) as the Decimal Places in the Dividend exceed thofe in the Divifor-, becaufe the Decimal Places in the Divifor and Quotient together, muft equal thofe in the Dividend.... | |
 | John Thomas Hope - Arithmetic - 1790 - 387 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off for decimals fo many places as the decimal places in the dividend exceed thofe in the divifor, and thofo to the left, if any, are integers; but if the places of the quotient are not fo many, as... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1802 - 352 pages
...dividend, therefore divide as in whole numbers, and, from the right hand of the quotient, point off fo many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed thofe in the divifor. 2. íf the places of the quotient be not fo many as the rule requires, fupply the defeft by prefixing... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Education - 1806
...rule is alfo performed as divifion of whole numbers, but from the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed thofe in the divifor. But if the places in the quotient be not fo many as fhould be pointed off for decimals, as many cyphers... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 492 pages
...rule is alfo performed as diviflon of whole numbers, but from the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed thofe in the divjfor. But if the places in the quotient be not fo many as ihould be pointed off for decimals, as... | |
 | James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 172 pages
...DECIMALS. AULE — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point ofFas many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there should be a remainder, or more decimal places in the divisor than the... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 198 pages
...DECIMALS. < "i « RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right handof the iiuotk-iH point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. *-^ If the places of the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811
...in the product. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DIVIDE as in whole numbers; and point off in the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor*. - luu' * The reason of this Rule is evident; for, since the divisor multiplied... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1812 - 216 pages
...dividend, therefore divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point off fo many places for decimals, as the decimal places in...quotient be not fo many as the rule requires, fupply the defeft by prefixing cyphers to the left hand. " 3. If at any time there be a remainder, or the decimal... | |
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... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
