 When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.  The Elements of Arithmetic - Page 76by Augustus De Morgan - 1840 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...of 10 for a denominator to its corresponding decimal. RULE. — Write down the numerator, and move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are 0' in the denominator. EXAMPLE. — Reduce 4i^gl) to a decimal. = 4'0745 Ans. NOTE. — There are four... | |
 | Thomas Percy Hudson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 268 pages
...X 1oo = f«& X 1oo = *g% = 34-567. Similarly, to divide a decimal by any power of 10, we must move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. If there are more ciphers in the divisor than there are places in the decimal, we must prefix... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...decimal, or a mixed number o/ integers and decimals, can be divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Divide 13.41 by 10, by 100, by 1000 ; 476.9 by 100, by 10000; .17 by 10; .176 by 1000; 438.15-4-10=... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 468 pages
...denomination. Since the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, &c., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce 2A 5 to myriares. 2. Reduce... | |
 | Whitman Peck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 304 pages
...which is the same as dividing by 100. SPECIAL RULE. — To divide decimals by 10, 100, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary. EXAMPLES. [Let the pupils write the following examples with... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...Ans. 2500. 27. 1.5 -=-.7 Ans. 2. 142857+ ART. 184. To divide a Decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor : And, if there are not so many figures on the left of the point, supply the deficiency by... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...change a metric number from ft unit of a lower ton unit of (i lii'iluT denomination. Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...To change a metric number from a unit of a lower to a unit of a higlter denomination* Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...; or mills to dollars, divide by 1000. Cents or mills may be reduced directly to dollars by placing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor (Art. 64). Examples. 4. In 691000 mills how many dollars ? Ans. $691. 5. In 162 cents how many... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1870 - 276 pages
...468-12 x 299-875 to the nearest integer. § 5. DIvISION. CASE I. By a power of 10. (Cf. p. 107.) Shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary, and curtail the decimal thus obtained. ^4- 100 to 5 places.... | |
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