| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...secured by carrying the division to three decimal places. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers fii the divisor. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Express decimally £ of one hundredth. 2. Reduce t^50 to a decimal.... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 230 pages
...by 10, cutting off two figures divides it by 100, etc. The Decimal Paint (Art. 24), by being removed as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, may be used to denote where the cutting off is made, and the remainder will be the part on the right... | |
| Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...4397 x 998. 470. PKOB. IV.— To divide by 1O, 1OO, 1OOO, etc. Move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. Perform the division in the following : 1. 8736H-100. 4. 23.97—1000.... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1876 - 546 pages
...decimal ten times; two places, 100 times, &c. ; 47.9256 therefore, to divide by 10, 100, 1000, &c., we remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there ar*i ciphers in the divisor. Rule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to lh* left as there... | |
| Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...required number of decimal places ( Ex. 5 ). REM. 4.— To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. If there be not enough figures, prefix ciphers ( Ex. 6, Rem). 7. 8. 9. 12. 13. 14. 15. Divide 1.125... | |
| William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...25. $71.1022 H- $9.43. NOTE.— To divide a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the dividend if necessary. 26. What is the quotient of 77.56 by 10 ? Ans. 7.756.... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 212 pages
...carried to 4 decimal places, unless great accuracy is required. 5. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc.. remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers on the right hand of the divisor. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. (2) 6). 426 (3) (4) .05 ) 81.60 (5) .009).... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...most business transactions. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor (137, 4O4). Find the value of 8. 75-=-.75. 13. .564-1.12. 18. .0844-8. 9. :75-=-75. 14. 17.64-10. 19.... | |
| C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...annexed are decimals to the dividend. To divide by any number expressed by 1 and any number of ciphers, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. - JO00 =74.864 To Divide by adding the Difference of 10, 100, 1000, etc. when the Divisor is something... | |
| Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884 - 958 pages
...considerations will make it clear that to divide a decimal by a ny poner of 10, wo have only to shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's in the given power of 10, making up the required number of places by prefixing O's to the significant... | |
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