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. Railway Signaling - Page 49by School of Railway Signaling (Utica, N.Y.) - 1910Full 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 - 1829 - 284 pages
...A. $1227,307995. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 1: 1ЛГ1 . In Multiplication, we point off as many decimal» in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together ; and, as division proves multiplication by making the multiplier and multiplicand... | |
| 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.... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Arithmetic - 1832 - 228 pages
...multiplied the same as whole* numbers, and as many figures must be pointed off from the right hand of the product, as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. 'When there are not figures enough in the product, ciphers must be prefixed to the left hand of the... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Arithmetic - 1836 - 228 pages
...multiplied the same as wholenumbers, and as many figures must be pointed off from the right hand of the product, as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. When there are not figures enough in the product, ciphers must be prefixed to the left hand of the... | |
| 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... | |
| William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...numbers and decimals. Then, if the multiplier is a whole number, there will be as many places of decimals in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand ; and if the multiplier is also a decimal number, there will be as many more places of decimals in the product... | |
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