| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1825 - 256 pages
...divisor *nd fluotiontconnted togethei, must always be equal to those DECIMAL in the dividend, therefore divide as in whole numbers* and from the right hand of the quotient, point oft' HO many places for decimals, as the decimal places ia the divi dend exceed those in tlie divisor.... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1825 - 608 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DIVIDE as in whole numbers ; and point off in the quotient as many places f. >r decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.* » The reason of this Rule is evident; for, since the divisor multiplied by the quotient gives the... | |
| Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...divisor and quotient, counted together, must always be equal to those in the dividend ; therefore, divide 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. 2.... | |
| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...DECIMALS. RULE.! — Divide as in whole numbers, and point oft' so many plates for decimals in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not so many figures in the quotient as the number of decimals required, supply the defect... | |
| 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... | |
| Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1828 - 318 pages
...two thousand and four and two tenths by twentyseven. Aus. 54113,4. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. jf *RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand...quotient point off as many places for decimals as 2555 59662 2352 730 1491Г.5 3528 2555 268479 392 the decimal places in the dividend exceed those of... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...examples and remarks are sufficient to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal figures in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, and if there... | |
| Daniel Parker - Arithmetic - 1828 - 358 pages
...dividend. Therefore, divide 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... | |
| William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 pages
...divisor and quotient, counted together, must always be equal to those of the re] dividend; therefore divide 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.... | |
| 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... | |
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