 To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.  Introduction to arithmetic - Page 80by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1854Full view - About this book
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...1.1yds. X 11.4 x 82.3. NOTB. — To multiply a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1,000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers to the multiplicand if necessary. 35. What is the product... | |
 | Daniel O'Sullivan - 1877 - 194 pages
...; (/) multiplying by 7,000, and subtracting 8 times the multiplicand from the result ; (g) removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are HIKES, and subtracting the multiplicand from the result. [For the answers to the questions under this... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...higher denomination, it follows that, 1st. A number is reduced to a LOWER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the RIGHT as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2d. A number is reduced to a HIGHER denomination by removing the decimal... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...0.143 by .12. 21. 387.2 by 8.143. To multiply a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers to the multiplicand if necessary. Multiply 22. .78 by 10.... | |
 | George Ricks - Arithmetic - 1879 - 420 pages
...we are able to deduce the following rule : — To multiply a decimal by 10 or any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. II. To MULTIPLY DECIMAL FRACTIONS BY ANY OTHER DECIMAL FRACTIONS. Example... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1882 - 416 pages
...a hundred, etc., to multiply by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Rule. Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. NOTE. If there are not as many decimal places in the multiplicand as ciphers... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...principles are derived : PRINCIPLES. — 1. A number is reduced to a LOWER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the RIGHT as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2. A number is reduced to a HIGHEE denomination by removing the decimal... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so on. Rule : To multiply a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, adding ciphers if necessary. Thus : 7-63x100000 = 763000. EXERCISE VI. By... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 406 pages
...thousandths by 6 hundredths; by 12 ten-thousandths. a. To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. (2OÏÎ.) o. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...8 3 . 2 PP places multiplies by 100. RULE. — To multiply by 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers annexed to the 1. • 24. Multiply 28.63 by 10. 27. Mutliply .384 by 100. 25. Multiply 38.295... | |
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