 ... 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
 | William Seneca Sutton, William Herschel Bruce - Arithmetic - 1906 - 296 pages
...3270 .08720 496. 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. 501 . Give results : .2x200 .13... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1906 - 576 pages
...to the left of the dividend, and proceed as in division of whole numbers; in the quotient, point off as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary. II. If in dividing one number... | |
 | Civil engineering - 1906 - 590 pages
...the left of the dividend, and proceed as in division of whole numbers ; in the quotient, point off as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary. II. If in dividing one number... | |
 | George Soulé - Business mathematics - 1910 - 1042 pages
...hence contains as many decimal places as both the divisor and quotient, 3°. The quotient mnst contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number iu the divisor. 2. Divide 7898.56 by 2.4683. OPERATION. Explanation. — Here we have an excess of... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - 1910 - 392 pages
...OF DECIMALS. 120. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds th? number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1. Before beginning the division, always have as... | |
 | Sara Redempta O'Brien - English language - 1912 - 264 pages
...DIVISION 1. To divide decimals proceed as in whole numbers. In the quotient point off from the right as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the 28.7 -5- .7 43.14 -K16 8.75 -=-2.5 11.242 + .73 2. When necessary add ciphers to the dividend until... | |
 | William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1913 - 316 pages
...places as the divisor. (2) Divide as with whole numbers. (3) From the right of the quotient point off as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1. If the quotient does not contain as many figures as it must... | |
 | Measuring instruments - 1914 - 428 pages
...the left of the dividend, and -proceed as in division of whole numbers; in the quotient, point off as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary. II. // in dividing one... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1916 - 902 pages
...divisor. Therefore, II. The quotient of one number divided by another in the decimal form must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number in the divisor. 1. Divide 34.368 by 5.37. OPERATION. 6.87 ) 34.368 ( 6.4 3222 2148... | |
 | Gary R. Jensen - Education - 2003 - 402 pages
...no decimal point present. and then point off from the right as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of those in the divisor. In practice. this is accomplished by moving the decimal point to the right... | |
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