 Multiply as in the multiplication of integers, and point off" as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier.  An Arithmetic for Teachers - Page 209by William F. Roantree, Mary S. Taylor - 1925 - 621 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Clarke (accountant.) - Arithmetic - 1742 - 152 pages
...Multiplication of Decimal Fractions IS the fame Way performed as Multiplication of Whole Numbers, only point off as many Decimal Places in the Product as there are Decimal Places in both the Multiplicand and Multiplier : As .31875 .002400 .015625 The Operation is... | |
 | Wardhaugh Thompson - 1771 - 324 pages
...from Multiplication of Vulgar 1 ractions, the reafon why (in Multiplication of Decimals) we muft have as many Decimal places in the product as there are in both the Multiplicand and Multiplier. FIRST then according to Multiplication of Vulgar Fractions, let us... | |
 | James Wood - Algebra - 1815 - 338 pages
...MULTIPLICATION. (38.) To multiply one decimal by another, multiply the figures as in whole numbers, and point off' as many decimal places in the .product as there are in the multiplier and the multiplicand together. = (according to the decimal notation) 235.98. And a similar... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1824 - 224 pages
...841.46+ 109.62+34.691, and of 478.462x37.66+378.8? answer 90,849 MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Multiply as in integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as are in both factors. NotK 1. If the decimal places be wanting in the product, supply them with ciphers... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...answer. To express the 6 thousandths decimally we have to prefix two ciphers to the 6, and this makes as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multi plicand and multiplier. Therefore, to multiply one decimal by another, we have the following... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1841 - 274 pages
...91.6264232009 by 0.0172021234. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. -10. In multiplication we have seen that there are as many decimal places in the product as there are in both the factors; and since division is the reverse of multiplication, it follows that the number of decimal... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...4.2139625. MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. 39. To find the product of two decimals, orvmixed numbers containing decimals, multiply as in integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there arc in both factors. Ex. 1. Find the product of 31.43 and .3, 31.43 x -3 = 9.429. The corresponding... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 pages
...answer. To express the 6 thousandths decimally we have to prefix two ciphers to the 6, and this makes as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. Therefore, to multiply one decimal by another, we have the following RULE.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 356 pages
...answer. To express the 6 thousandths decimally we have to prefix two ciphers to the 6, and this makes as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. Therefore, to multiply one decimal by another, we have the following RU1E.... | |
 | James Morrison (accountant.) - 1845 - 324 pages
...are necessary to be pointed off? A. I prefix ciphers to make up the deficiency. (3.) Q. Why do you point off as many decimal places in the PRODUCT, as there are in both factors ? A. The reason is, that the operation here is the same as in Multiplication of Vulgar Fractions... | |
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