 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1856 - 450 pages
...subtrahend. This does .0563 not alter the value of the minuend (Art. 148) : 6.2477 hence, RULE. — 1. Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same unit value shall fall in the same column. II. Subtract as in simple numbers, and point off" the decimal... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the result, as in 5 2.7 8 1 4 addition of decimals. RULE. — Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off' the remainder... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...numbers, and place the r— • decimal point in the result, as in addition of decimals. • - 5.7 5 2 RULE. — Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the remainder... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 pages
...in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the result, as in 5 2.7 8 1 4 addition of decimals. RULE. — Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the remainder... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 332 pages
...in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the result, as in addition of decimals. 2 5.7 5 2 RULE. — Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the remainder... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1858 - 346 pages
...the subtrahend. This .0879 does not alter the value of the minuend (Art. 205) : " hence, RULE. — I. Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same unit value shall fall in the same column. II. Subtract as in simple numbers, and point off the decimal... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 pages
...burs, and place the decimal point in the result, as in 5 2.7 8 1 4 addition of decimals. IU-IK — Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the name decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1859 - 334 pages
...in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the result, as in addition of decimals. . RnLE. — Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the remainder... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1860 - 456 pages
...in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the result, as in 5 2.7 814 addition of decimals. RULE. — Write the less -number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the remainder... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1860 - 358 pages
...? V SUBTRACTION OF DECIMALS. ART. 184, Ex. 1. From 74.806 take 49.054. Ans. 25.752. Having written the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place stand in the same 4 9.0 5 4 column, we subtract as in whole numbers, and place the •... | |
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RULE. — Write the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same decimal place shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the remainder as in addition of decimals. 
