 | Edward Cocker - 1729 - 514 pages
...the Dividend there are 8 decimal Places, and in1 the Divifor there are but 3 fuch Places, therefore the Number of decimal Places in the Dividend exceeds the Number of Places in the Divifor by 5 ; fo that by the foregoing general Rule I knowjthat there muft be 5 decimal... | |
 | James Wood - Algebra - 1815 - 338 pages
...decimals is performed as in whole numbers, observing to point off' as many decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. Ex. Divide 77.922 by 3.7. 7*7 Q22 -±-¥- — = 21.06: here there are three decimals... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...decimals is performed as in integers, observing to point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor; for, by the nature of division, the product of the divisor and quotient is equal to... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1852 - 320 pages
...must be as many decimal places in tho quotient as those in the dividend exceed thone in the divisor. Divide as in whole numbers ; and from the right of the quotient point off as many decimal places at those in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; and, if necessary, prefix ciphers... | |
 | Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...x -071 x 2-1 x 29. (2) -007 x 700 x 760-3 x -00416 x 100000. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 91. First. When the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal placet in the dicisor, RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and mark off in the quotient a number of decimal... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right hand of the mult, as many places of decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing O's, if necessary, to make the requisite number. Thus, 1.38483 -*- 60.21 и .023. 3. To convert... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right hand of the result, as many places of decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the tains an>' uther factors : divisor, prefixing 0'., if necessary, to make \ U '» a Р'°Рег«У... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...Hence the following RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor ; but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE 1.... | |
 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...69. How many dollars in 164862 muís ï Ans. $164.862. V. To divide integers and decimals. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor : if you have not enough... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 pages
...the following R0LE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off" as matey figures in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor; but if there are not as many, supjyly the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. XOTE 1.... | |
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Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 
