 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 358 pages
...divisor. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. Should there be a deficiency of figures in the quotient, it must be supplied by prefixing ciphers.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 360 pages
...as in Simple N-umbers, and point off from the right hand of the quotient as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; if there be not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixiny ciphers. PROOF. — The same as... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 350 pages
...divisor. Divide as in ivhole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. Should there be a deficiency of figures in the quotient, it must be supplied by prefixing ciphers.... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1869 - 452 pages
...numbers. The rule for placing the decimal point is, that the quotient must have as many decimal figures as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, that is, the quotient and divisor together must contain as many decimals as the dividend. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimalt as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. Explain division of decimals. Give rule. NOTES. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1871 - 370 pages
...divisor. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. Should there be a deficiency of figures in the quotient, it must be supplied by prefixing ciphers.... | |
 | Shelton P. Sanford - Arithmetic - 1872 - 402 pages
...Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right of the quotient as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not enough figures to point off, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. II. When... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1872 - 374 pages
...divisor. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.. Should there be a deficiency of figures in the quotient, it must be supplied by prefixing ciphers.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1872 - 236 pages
...decimals. Or, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient, point off as many decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. REMARKS. — I. If there are not figures enough in the quotient for the decimals required hy the second... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1866 - 212 pages
...Divide as in simple numbers, and from the right of the quotient, point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; if there be not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. PROOF. — Same as in... | |
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RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
