 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...that the decimal places of the quotient and divisor be equal in number with those in the dividend ; and from the right hand of the quotient point off...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... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS, we have this RULE.* Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; but if there are not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. The quotient... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1829 - 252 pages
...dividend, l therefore divide 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1829 - 268 pages
...the 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 iiuotien-t, point off so many places for decimals, as tht ilec'tnal pUices in the dividend exceed those... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1828 - 230 pages
...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,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 294 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... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Arithmetic - 1830 - 306 pages
...as in division, whether long or short, of whole numbers. 2. Point off to the right of the quotient, as many places for decimals, 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 ciphers. 4. When a... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1831 - 348 pages
...,00108. Multiply two thousand and four and two tenths by twenty Ans. 54113,4. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand...quotient point off as many places for decimals as ihe decimal places in the dividend exceed those of the divinor. If the places of the quotient are not... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...remarks are sufficient to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide an in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal fiaures in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, and if there... | |
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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. 
