 | William Timothy Stratton, Benjamin Luce Remick - Arithmetic - 1916 - 264 pages
...methods in division are the following : To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., set off as many figures at the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The figures thus set off are the remainder, and the other figures are the quotient. Division may often... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1920 - 332 pages
...and the right-hand figure expresses the remainder. To divide a whole number by any power of 10, cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are zeros at the right of the divisor. The result is the quotient, and the right-hand figures express the... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 340 pages
...quotient, 6 the remainder. The same will apply when the divisor is 100, 1000, &c. Rule for Case II. — Cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor ; thejiyures cut off will be the remainder, the other figures, the quotient. 1. Divide 34872 by 100.... | |
 | Benjamin Adams Hathaway - Arithmetic - 1885 - 180 pages
...method of dividing when the Divisor lacks onlv a little of 1oo, 1000, etc? Cut off by a vertical line as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are figures in the divisor. Multiply the figures on the left of the line by what the divisor lacks of being... | |
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To divide by 10, 100, &c., we simply cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
