 | Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...numerator of the vulgar fraction be unity, and the denominator any single power of 2 or 5. there will be as many decimal places in the quotient as there are units in the ind''X of the given power. Thus, 16=24 gives a decimal of four places, viz. Ty=0625 ; and 125^=5* gives... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...Annex to the numerator as many decimal* as may be thought necessary ; then divide by the denominator, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient, as there are ciphers annexed. If there be not so many figures in the quotient as are requisite, the defect must... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...bought for 8640 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... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...by the denominator, continuing the operation until there is no remainder, or as far as is desirable. Point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers annexed to the numerator. Ex. 1. Reduce f to a decimal fraction. | X 1000 = ¿%uu = 625 ; and... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...by the denominator, continuing the operation until there is no remainder, or as far as is desirable. Point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers annexed to the numerator. 2. Reduce f to a decimal fraction. % X 1000 == ajyui — 375 ; and... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1864 - 412 pages
...division, making the number of decimal places in the dividend at least equal to those in the divisor ; then subtract the number of decimal places in the...the number of decimal places in the dividend, and the remainder will denote the number of DECIMAL TRACTIONS. decimal places in the quotient. Should there... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...decimal point to the 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... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...decimal point to the 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... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1863 - 344 pages
...Ans. 5T|j. Ans. ^g'g. RULE. — I. Annex ciphers to the numerator, and divide ty the denominator. II. Point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers annexed. NOTE. — In many cases the division will not terminate, and the common fraction cannot... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...by the denominator, continuing the operation until there is no remainder, or as far as is desirable. Point off' as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers annexed to the numerator. 2. Reduce f to a decimal fraction. i X 1000 = ao/a = 375 ; and 375... | |
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Subtract the number of decimal places in the divisor from the number of decimal places in the dividend, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are units in the remainder thus found. 
