 ... as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary.  The New Elementary Arithmetic - Page 255by John Williston Cook, Nebraska Cropsey - 1899 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 in the dividend,... | |
 | 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 the dividend, and,... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...any desirable extent, or till a remainder is found equal to 0 ; then point ofi" from the right hand as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds that in the divisor ; if there are not so many in the quotient, prefix O's till the requisite number... | |
 | 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. — When the decimal... | |
 | 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. — When the decimal... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 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. — When the decimal... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 456 pages
...following RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures in the quotient as (he number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the dicisor ; but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE 1. — When... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...divisor. Therefore, II. The quotient of one number divided by another in the decimal form must contain as many decimal places as the number -of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number in the divisor. 1. Divide 34.368 by 5.37. OPER vriosr ANALYSIS. We first divide as... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...following RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. '• NOTE. — When there are not as many decimal places in the dividend us in the divisor, annex,... | |
 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...decimal places must be assigned in the quotient, making it 001463. РлвисиьАЕ RTJLB. — When the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor, an easy method of determining the value of the quotient is to deduct the number of places in the divisor... | |
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