 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 310 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 .Щ ; by 1.04. 9.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 208 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... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 346 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... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 364 pages
...1708-rfff. (M-, When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, etc., the quotient may V 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... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...9. 7.2—1000. 471. PEOB. V.—To divide where there are ciphers at the right of the divisor. Move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers at the right of the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary (14O), and divide the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 370 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 - 1877 - 236 pages
...quotient for the decimals required by the second method, prefix ciphers 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there fire ciphers in the divisor. 3. If there is a remainder after carrying the work as far as desired,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin, Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1877 - 372 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 ; tlien divide, and point off in the quotient as miuy decimal places as there are in the changed... | |
 | John Homer French - 1878 - 234 pages
...II. When the divisor is a decimal or a mixed number. 1. Omit the decimal point from the divisor, and remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right as the original divisor contains decimal figures. PR OBLEMS. 29. Divide 7 by 43.75. Quotient,... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1879 - 264 pages
...9. 7.2—1000. 471. PROS. V.—To divide where there are ciphers at the right of the divisor. Move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers at the right of the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary (14O), and divide the... | |
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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... 
