 When multiplying decimals, remember that the number of decimal places in the product must be equal to the sum of the number of decimal places in the numbers being multiplied.  The Pilot Arithmetics - Page 1831923Full view - About this book
 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...numbers together, as in whole numbers, and cut off from the resulting product as many decimal places as the sum of the number of decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand. Obs. — When the number of significant figures in the product is not as great as the... | |
 | Thomas Percy Hudson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 268 pages
...multiplier and multiplicand. Obs. When the number of significant figures in the product is not as great as the sum of the number of decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand, we must prefix ciphers. EXAMPLE. — Multiply -013 by -02. Multiplying as in whole numbers,... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - 1872 - 136 pages
...deduce the following rule for Multiplication of Decimals. Multiply as in the case of integers, and mark off in the product a number of decimal places equal...to the sum of the number of decimal places in the two factors. For example, to multiply 2-4327 by 4'23. 2-4327 4-23 ~72981 48654 97308 10-290321 147.... | |
 | Education - 1926 - 682 pages
...— no matter how, just place it — and proceed as in simple multiplication. In the result, mark off a number of decimal places equal to the sum of the number of such places in the multiplier and multiplicand. Such a proceeding is sheer rule of thumb; for in none... | |
 | A G. Blake - 1885 - 218 pages
...decimals may be found by multiplying one by the other as if they •were whole numbers, and then marking off in the product a number of decimal places equal...to the sum of the number of decimal places in the factors. Ex. 1. Multiply 4-5 by 3-2130 Which is the same as 3-213 Note that the о in the product counts... | |
 | John Henry Moore - Business mathematics - 1904 - 404 pages
...the following rule is derived : Multiply as in whole numbers. From the right in the product point off a number of decimal places equal to the sum of the number of decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. WRITTEN EXERCISE 1. .52 x. 25x0x95 = ? 4. 25000 x .000024 = ? 2. 1625.426... | |
 | Education - 1911 - 658 pages
...State reasons for approval or disapproval. Annwers. 1. Make the number of decimal places in the product equal to the sum of the number of decimal places in the factors. By changing the decimals to common fractions the reason for the rule is readily Keen. 2. 25*... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - Accidents - 1916 - 220 pages
...decimals. A device for obtaining the position of the decimal point must be obtained. This device is, "Point off in the product a number of decimal places equal to the sum of the decimal places in multiplier and multiplicand." That this gives the correct location of the decimal... | |
 | Eugene Henry Barker - Mathematics - 1920 - 264 pages
...10. 11. 22. 23. 24. 12 ia. Multiplication of Decimals Rule. — To multiply one decimal by another, point off in the product a number of decimal places...to the sum of the number of decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. EXAMPLE 1. Multiply 4.3 by .6. 4.3 .6 2.58 EXAMPLE 2. Multiply .38 by... | |
 | A. S. Kalra - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 302 pages
...you can remember the following rule. "The number of decimal places in the product of two decimals is equal to the sum of the number of decimal places in the two numbers being multiplied". In other words, you can temporarily forget the decimal point and simply... | |
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