...'52— 17-8946— 30-254— -5 + 21-12. 37. — Multiplication. BULB. Multiply as in integers ; and mark off as many decimal places in the product as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand together. Ex. (1) Multiply 1-394 by 2-71 i'394 2-71 1394 9758 2788...

...dividend over that in the divisor. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. RULE. 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...

...138. RULES. — 1. To multiply one decimal by another, Multiply as in the multiplication of integers, and point off" as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. NOTE. — If there be not enough decimal figures...

...125. RULES. — 1. To multiply one decimal by another, Multiply as in the multiplication of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. NOTE. — If there be not enough decimal figures...

...From 413-5 subtract 97-9. 97'9 Rem. 325-6 [2.] Multiplication. 26. Multiply the numbers together as whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product (beginning at the right) as there are decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand together. When...

...accordance with the General Law respecting the orders of figures in Products. (Art. 102.) 2d. That there are as many decimal places in the product as there are in both the factors. 255. RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and in the product point off as many decimal...

...dividend over that in the divisor. Explain the operations. RULE. If the divisor is a whole number, divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient CM there are such places in the dividend. Or, If the divisor is not a whole number, divide...

...therefore, the following rule for multiplication : — EULE XY. Multiply the numbers together, a» whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product {beginning at the right} as there are decimal places in the multiplier ana multiplicand together. When...

...prefix two ciphers to I ho quotient, in order that it may contain six decimal places. RULE. 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...

...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.—...