 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 186 pages
...Tenths by tenths? Hundredths by hundredths ? Hundredths by tenths ? STATEMENT. — The quotient must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend is greater than the number of decimal places in the divisor. DRILL TABLE. 75. 1. Divide by 10, giving... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...and hence contains as many decimal places as both the divisor and quotient. 3°. The quotient must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the divit)enil exceeds the number in the divisor. 2. Divide 7898.50 by 2.4(58.3. OPERATION. 2.4083) 7898.5000... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 370 pages
...places as both divisor and quotient. Hence, 2. The quotient must contain as many decimal places a« the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. ART. 125. 1. To divide one decimal by another: Bule. — Divide as in the division of integers, and... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...how may 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. - The numbers are divided... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...found from those in the dividend and divisor ? 228. It is therefore evident that : The quotient will contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 229. 1. Divide .15652 by .043. .043). 15652 (3.64 EXPLANATION.... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...10.4 -f- 2.6 = ? The dividend is the product of the divisor by the quotient. The quotient contains as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 20. Divide 16.048 by 3.4. Divide 9.5 by .25. 3.4 ) 16.048 ( 4.72 .25 ) 9.50... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1894 - 204 pages
...the divisor. Hence, to divide decimals, divide as in whole numbers, and 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. 2. Divide .25 by .5. 3. Divide .625 by .5. 4. Divide .512... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1894 - 396 pages
...DECIMALS. 120. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the rijht of the quotient point off as man°/ decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1. Before beginning the division, always have as... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 424 pages
...the dividend and three in the divisor, how many in the quotient ? 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. 1. Divide 24.6168 by 4.68. SOLUTION IST. — Dividing as in whole numbers, OPERATION.... | |
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... 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. 
