 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin, Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 374 pages
...make it a whole number, by removing its decimal point a sufficient number of places to the right, and remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right; then divide, and point off in the quotient as many decimal places as there are in the changed... | |
 | Clement Mackrow - 1879 - 552 pages
...1-770890. Ana. -001770890. Am. DIVISION AND REDUCTION OF DECIMALS. ' DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. — Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right as there are decimal places in the divisor ; supply any deficiency by annexing ciphers. Then... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1880 - 370 pages
...1708|fff. 64. When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, etc., the quotient may be obtained, at once, by removing the decimal point in the dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. For, since the value denoted by'figures is multiplied by 10 by re... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1881 - 542 pages
...quotient is carried to 4 decimal places, unless great accuracy is required. 4. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. (266,3.) 8. Divide 88.476 by 1.2 ; by 3.6 ; by .01£; by 1.04. 9.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1881 - 446 pages
...directly over that in the dividend. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. To divide by .1, .01, .001, etc., it is necessary only to move the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 200 pages
...quotient is 132.6. 77. When the divisor is 10, 100, etc. The quotient may be obtained Ъу simply moving the decimal point in the, dividend as many places to the left as tJwre are ciphers in the divisor. Divide — 137. 2975 by 10. 139. 1901 by 100. 138. 4576 by 100. 140.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 368 pages
...make it a whole number, by removing its decimal point a sufficient number of places to the right, and remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right; then divide, and point off in the quotient as many decimal places as there are in the changed... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 450 pages
...num- . ~ „ OAK/ber by ten, two places to the left divides it by 100, etc. Hence, the E ULE.—Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left, as there are ciphers in the divisor. (Art. 34, 3°.) Perform the following divisions as indicated : 25.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1882 - 376 pages
...directly over that in the dividend. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. To divide by .1, .01, .001, etc., it is necessary only to move the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 416 pages
...num- , „ 24-^fi ber by ten, two places to the left divides it by 100, etc. Hence, the BULE.—Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left, as there are ciphers in the divisor. (Art. 34, 5°.) Perform the following divisions as indicated : 25.... | |
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dividend over those in the divisor, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. If there is a remainder, the division may be continued, the ciphers annexed being so many decimals of the dividend. To divide by 10,100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point... 
