 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...in whole numbers, and, from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places of the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | B. M. Tyler - Arithmetic - 1827 - 308 pages
...decimal places in the dividend are more than those in the divisor. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many places for decimals in the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend are more than those in the divisor. 1. How many times can 6,12 be taken from t04,958 ? Operation. 6,12)104,958(17,15... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1827 - 274 pages
...or short, of whole numbers. 2. Point off to the right of the quotient, as many places fpidecimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 3. If the places in the quotient fall short, supply the deficiency by prefixing cyphers. 4. When a... | |
 | William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. o 2. If there be not so many places of decimals in the quotient as the rule requires, supply the deficit... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Arithmetic - 1828 - 358 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right-band of the quotient point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1828 - 776 pages
....0625 Multiply By . Product = . .75 .75 375 525 ^5625 DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. tient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor I—- But if there be not as many figures in the quotient as there are in that excess, the deficiency... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1828 - 230 pages
...dividend, and divide as in whole numhers. Point off as many places for decimals frum the right hand of the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. NOTE 1 — If there are not so many figures in ihe quotient a' the numher of decimal places required,... | |
 | William Kinne - 1829 - 246 pages
...rules for pointing off in the quotient. 1. Point off for decimals in the quotient so many figures, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. 1f the figures in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...those in the dividend ; and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals, as the. decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, prefix as many ciphers to the left... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1829 - 252 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of th' quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, Supply the defect by prefixing... | |
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RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
