 | United States - 1918 - 840 pages
...Division of Decimals. Rule: Divide as in whole numbers and point off as many places in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. Annex as many ciphers to the right of the dividend as may be required to produce even division, or... | |
 | John Rome Battle - Lubrication and lubricants - 1920 - 1280 pages
...Example: Multiply 1.245 by .27 1.245 •2L ^8715 2490 0.33615 answer DIVISION OF DECIMALS.— Rule: Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand...quotient point off as many places for decimals as there are decimal places in the dividend exceeding those in the divisor. Example: What is the quotient... | |
 | Preston Edmond Curry, Victor M. Rubert - Business mathematics - 1922 - 328 pages
...decimals, divide as whole or mixed numbers are divided, and point off as many places in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, or place the quotient above the dividend and predetermine the position of the point. No. 1. Without... | |
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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. 
