 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...the numbers were integers, and from the rigid of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of those in the divisor. 1. If the quotient docs not contain a sufficient number of decimal places... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1878 - 164 pages
...minus two, or two decimal places in the quotient, therefore the quotient is 3.45. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the nwmber of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTES.— 1. When there... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1889 - 482 pages
...dividend when needed to continue the division. III. Point off as many decimals in the quotient as tht number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTBS. — 1. When there are ciphers at the right of the divisor, cut them off, dMde by the slgnlHcant... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1882 - 416 pages
...we derive the following Rule. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in...the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTE 1. If there are not as many decimal places in the dividend as in the divisor, make as many by annexing... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 292 pages
...multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places hi the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor, but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. REDUCTION. CASE I. Omit the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1880 - 370 pages
...dividend over that in the divisor. Explain the operations. EULE. If the divisor is a whole number, divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are such places in the dividend. Or, If the divisor is not a whole number, divide by its numerator,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...make the 462 division exact ; and, pointing 3 SO by Principle 2, we have .0375 330 Rule. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as those in ilie dividend exceed those in the divisor. NOTE. — When the division is not exact, annex... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 288 pages
...subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal point as in addition. MULTIPLICATION. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 262 pages
...subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal point as in addition. MULTIPLICATION. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1882 - 526 pages
...methods of written work in division of decimals are based upon the following PRINCIPLE. There must be as many decimal places in the quotient as the number...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. Ex. Divide 1,947.15 by 9. Рвошт EXPLANATION. — I divide as in integers; and, Q\ ia / i 1 к... | |
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Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor, but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. 
