 ... as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary.  Elementary Arithmetic - Page 251by John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - 1893 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...RULE. — Divide as with whole numbers ; and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures as the number 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 370 pages
...Bule. — 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 NOTES. — 1. When the divisor and dividend contain the same number of decimal places, the quotient... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 312 pages
...RULE. — Divide as with whcle numbers; and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures as the number 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 pointed... | |
 | Education - 1913 - 456 pages
...55-10 = 5.5. Thus, we divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. Find the quotient of each of the following: 1. .375 - .05 2. 6.25 - .25 3. .268 - .0004 4. 14.25 H-... | |
 | William Seneca Sutton - Arithmetic - 1892 - 144 pages
...3270 .08720 To divide decimals by decimals : Divide as in whole numbers. Point off in the quotient as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing noughts when necessary. 18. Divide the product of 10.90... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...the number of decimal places in the quotient be found ? 182. PRINCIPLE. — The quotient will contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 183. 1. Divide .00864 by .24. 9JA nnxfili' n^R EXPLANATION.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...100000 by 1000, which gives 100. Therefore, the quotient is ff$, or 3.64. Or, The quotient will contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. Art. 228. 230. Hence it is evident that : In dividing decimals, we divide as if the numbers were integers,... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1893 - 228 pages
...following RULK.—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 1.—When there are not as many decimal places in the dividend as in the divisor, annex ciphers... | |
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