 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 168 pages
...dollars 1]00)23|45 as 100 is contained times in 2345. Now to Ant. &23.-J5 divide by 10, 100, <fec., we cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are cipln-rs in the divisor. (Art. 67.) Hence, * To reduce cents to dollars. Point off TWO figures on the... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...76. Divide 20687432004 by 1000000000. 84. To divide by 20, 50, 700, or any like number : RULE. Gut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right of the significant figures of the divisor, and then divide the remaining figures of the... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...order to the right decreases its value tenfold. 47. RULE.— To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Cut of as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The figures cut off denote Hie remainder. Case II. The Divisor ending "with, one or more Ciphers. 12.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1870 - 208 pages
...1000000. 76. Divide 20687432004 by 1000000000. 84. To divide by 20, 50, 700, or any like number : BULB. Cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right of the significant figures of the divisor, and then divide the remaining figures of the... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1873 - 340 pages
...Rem. 117. Divide 3078654321 by 100000000. 83. To divide by 20, 50, 700, or any similar number : Gut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right of the significant figures of the divisor, and then divide the remaining figures of the... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...IS ONE WIM- CIPHERS ANNEXED, <AS 10^ 100, 1000,>S«t;,ART. 67. RULE. — Cut off as wiany*-jff/u>ps' from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers -in .the divisor; the figures cut off will be the remainder, •fie other figures will be the quotient. Divide 23543... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...100; cutting off three, by 1000; etc. Hence, To divide by 10, 100, etc., cut off as many figures at the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The remaining figures are the quotient ; those cut off, the remainder, 6750-4-10=675 6 750 -=-100 =... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...advantage. CASE I. 42. When the divisor is 1 with one or more ciphers at the right. RULE. — Point off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. EXAMPLE. 1. Divide 73285 by 100. 782.85, or, 732flfo, Ana. CASE II. 43. When the divisor has one or... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1876 - 202 pages
...Divide 20687432004 by 1000000000. 84. To divide by 20, 50, 700, or any like number : RULE. Cut off at many figures from the right of the divide.nd as there are ciphers at the right of the significant figures of the divisor, and then divide the remaining figures of the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 212 pages
...1 dollar, 3427 cents equal as many , Ans. . dollars as 100 is contained times in Dy 10, 100, etc., cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor, (72). Hence To change cents to dollars, divide by 100 ; that is, poinl off 'TWO figures from the right.... | |
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To divide by 10, 100, &c., we simply cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
