 | Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...figures which were cut oil- from the dividend. Examples. NOTE. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, Sec. ia to cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are cyphers in the divisor. Thus, 1742 divided by 10 is 174T\ 1876 divided by 100 is 18TY<r 1st. Divide... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Arithmetic - 1834 - 120 pages
...from each, and then the work is done. So when you divide by 100, 1000, <kc. You have merely to cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The principle of this is very plain, for in Multiplication you proved that... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1836 - 202 pages
...di»id«d bv the lut divinor (8). aril gives MS 4.9. IV. To divide ly 10, 100, 1000, #e. RULE. Cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend, as there are ciphers in the divisor. The figures on the left of the point will be the quotient ; and those on the... | |
 | George Leonard (Jr.) - Arithmetic - 1839 - 362 pages
...over ? Answer, each can have 2, and there will be 311 over. So when the divisor is 10, 100, Six., Cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are G's in the divisor. The figures cut off are the remainder, the others the quotient. 9. Divide 599843... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...1748 by 18. Quo. 97, and 2 rem. Note 4th. — When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, 10000, <kc. point off as many figures from the right of the dividend, as there are cyphers in the divisor ; the figures on the left of the point will be the quotient, and those on the... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - Algebra - 1840 - 186 pages
...98400000 11789300 1782)6424700(3605 5346 10787 10692 9500 8910 590000 The rule then is : Strike out as many figures* from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right of the divisor. Strike out all the ciphers from the divisor, and divide in the... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 354 pages
...over ? Ans. each one can have 2, and there will be 311 over. So when the divisor is 10, 100, &c. Out off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are Os in the divisor. The figures cut off are the remainder, the others the quotient. Explain how example... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1843 - 142 pages
...lessened, and the work repeated till this takes place. NOTE 2. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, &c. Cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers, the rest give the quotient, and the figures cut off, the remainder. NOTE 3. When there are... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...In 25000 mills, how many dollars ? Ans. $25. Note. — To divide by 10, 100, &c., is simply cutting off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. (Art. 80.) Hence, 209. To reduce cents to dollars, cut off two figures on the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...In 25000 mills, how many dollars ? Ans. $25. Note. — To divide by 10, 100, &c., is simply cutting off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. (Art. 80.) Hence, 3OO> To reduce cents to dollars, cut off two figures on the... | |
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To divide by 10, 100, &c., is simply cutting off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
