 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 416 pages
...as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in , -j~7 the divisor, which is one. Hence, the RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figure* for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the 'divisor. If the quotient... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1882 - 526 pages
...dividend, when necessary, and divide as in integers. II. Point off as many decimal figures in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. a. Count decimal ciphers annexed to form a partial dividend, as decimal places of the given dividend.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...from the number of places in the dividend. (Prin.J RULE. — Divide as if the numbers were integers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. 1. If the... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 374 pages
...Rule. — Divide as in the division of integers, 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. NOTES. — 1. When the divisor and dividend contain the same number of decimal places, the quotient... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 pages
...number of decimal places in the dividend minus the number of decimal places in the divisor. Role. — Divide as in whole numbers; and from the right of...decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1. — If the quotient contains fewer figures than are to be... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...dividend, to find the number of decimal places to point off in the quotient. RULE. — Divide as with whole numbers ; and from the right of the quotient...decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places -in the divisor. NOTE 1. — If the quotient contains fewer figures than are to be... | |
 | John Homer French - Arithmetic - 1889 - 512 pages
...and to obtain the decimal part of the quotient, there must be as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor (2C7, III, 3). Therefore, I first annex decimal ciphers to the dividend when necessary, and divide... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...Division of Decimals. — 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. NOTE. — When the dividend has fewer decimal places than the divisor, annex enough ciphers to the... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 312 pages
...dividend, to find the number of decimal places to "oint ofl in the quotient RULE. — Divide as with whcle numbers; and from the right of the quotient point...decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1.—If the quotient contains fewer figures than are to be pointed... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...RULE. — Divide as in the division of integers, 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. NOTES. — 1. When the divisor contains more decimal places than the dividend, annex decimal ciphers... | |
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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. 
