 To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.  The Pupils' Arithmetic: Bk. VI. - Page 80by James Charles Byrnes - 1913Full view - About this book
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...decimal point. For, multiplying by 10, 100, etc., has the same effect as removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier (Art. 30). 4. In $162 how many mills ? Ans. 162000 mills. 5. In $1.62 how many cents ? Ans. 162 cents.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...a mixed number consisting of integer and decimal, by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. If there are not figures enough for this, annex ciphers to supply the deficiency. Show the reason for... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...prefixing ciphers. NOTE. — To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. When the number of figures iu the multiplicand is less than the number of ciphers in the multiplier,... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...900. 3. 500 x 700. 6. 2300 x 5000. 9. .8725 x 3600. 469. PROB. III.— To multiply by 9, 99, 999, etc. Move the decimal point in the multiplicand as many places to the right as there are nines in the multiplier, annexing ciphers when necessary, and subtract the given multiplicand from... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...NOTB. — To multiply a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1,000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers to the multiplicand if necessary. 35. What is the product of 77.56 by 10? Ans. 775.6.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...denomination, it follows that, 1st. A number is reduced to a LOWER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the RIGHT as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2d. A number is reduced to a HIGHER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...387.2 by 8.143. To multiply a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers to the multiplicand if necessary. Multiply 22. .78 by 10. 24. .473 by 1000. PRACTICAL... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1866 - 188 pages
...number of integers and decimals, can be multiplied by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. "Multiply .678 by 10, by 100, by 1000 ; 178.9 by 10; l9.:J20bylO; 16.0054x100=? 54.37898x100002 732.98x1000=?... | |
 | George Ricks - Arithmetic - 1879 - 420 pages
...deduce the following rule : — To multiply a decimal by 10 or any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. II. To MULTIPLY DECIMAL FRACTIONS BY ANY OTHER DECIMAL FRACTIONS. Example 1.— Multiply 2-3 by 3-2,... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 392 pages
...to multiply by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Bule. Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. NOTE. If there are not as many decimal places in the multiplicand as ciphers in the multiplier, in... | |
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