 Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals, in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier. If there be not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier,...  City Arithmetics - Page 99by William Aloysius Boylan, Floyd R. Smith - 1916Full view - About this book
 | Arithmetic - 1817 - 214 pages
...and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both factors. If there are not as many places in the product as there are decimal places in the factors, prefix ciphers to supply the deficiency. EXAMPLES. 1 Multiply .612 by 4.12 2. Multiply 1.007... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1829 - 284 pages
...A. $1227,307995. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 1: 1ЛГ1 . In Multiplication, we point off as many decimal» in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together ; and, as division proves multiplication by making the multiplier and multiplicand... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1831 - 286 pages
...А. $1227,307005. DIVISION^>F DECIMALS. II 1Л7Т. In Multiplication, we point off as many decimals in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together ; and, as division proves multiplication by making the multiplier and multiplicand... | |
 | George Alfred - Arithmetic - 1834 - 336 pages
...decimal. 2. Multiply the figures on the right hand of the decimal point by the next less denomination, and point off as many places in the product as there are figures in the multiplicand. 3. Proceed in the same manner through all the denominations of the given... | |
 | William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...numbers and decimals. Then, if the multiplier is a whole number, there will be as many places of decimals in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand ; and if the multiplier is also a decimal number, there will be as many more places of decimals in the product... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1839 - 308 pages
...?-9000045. A. 1227,307995. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. ^ L VI. In multiplication, we point off as many decimals in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together ; and, as division proves mul tiplication, by making the multiplier and... | |
 | Edward Baylis - Annuities - 1844 - 196 pages
...2.08973 = .00827 II. 1. To multiply decimals. Multiply as in whole numbers, and cut off as many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier together ; supplying any deficiency of figures which may occur in the product by adding... | |
 | Sarah Porter - Arithmetic - 1852 - 286 pages
...exactly as in whole numbers, without regard to the decimal places until the process is finished, and then point off as many places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. Now multiply .257 by .13 .257 .13 771 257 3341 Ansr. .03341. Here... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1853 - 264 pages
...MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. — Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many places for decimals in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier both. If the product has not so many places, prefix ciphers to supply the deficiency. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 332 pages
...product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier. If there lie not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. — When a decimal number ia to be multiplied... | |
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