 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...to the RIGHT as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2. A number is reduced to a HIGHER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the LEFT as there are ciphers in the divisor. MEASURES OP LENGTH. 109. The Meter is the unit of length ; it is legal in the United States at 39.37... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1866 - 188 pages
...thus, A decimal, or a mixed number of integers and decimals, can be divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Divide 13.41 by 10, by 100, by 1000 ; 476.9 by 100, by 10000; .17 by 10; .176 by 1000; 43815-4-10=?... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1885 - 416 pages
...hundred, etc., to divide by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Rule. Move tJie decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE 1. In order to move the decimal point the required number of places to the left, it may be necessary... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1885 - 358 pages
...are ciphers in the multiplier. Thus, 82.50 = 250 cents; 82.50 5 = 2505 mills. In Dividing, move the point as many places to the left, as there are ciphers in the divisor. Thus, 275 cents = 82. 75; 4285 mills = $4. 28 5 1. Reduce 17 cts. to mills. Ans. 170 m. 2. Reduce 28... | |
 | Richard Oscar T. Thorpe - 1885 - 168 pages
...partly integral and partly fractional, expressed in the decimal notation, by any power of ten, move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are cyphers in the power of ten." 2. How can vulgar fractions be compared ? 3. If the telegraph-posts by... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - Examinations - 1887 - 360 pages
...times; one place to the right increases the value of the number 10 times. 72. It has no effect. 73. By removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers. 74. A circulating decimal is one in which the same figure or set of figures recur in the quotient :... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 488 pages
...times; one place to the right increases the value of the number 10 times. 72. It has no effect. 73. By removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers. 74. A circulating decimal is one in which the same figure or set of figures recur in the quotient :... | |
 | Waite A. Schoemaker - Arithmetic - 1887 - 454 pages
...product of two factors, one of which is 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the figures of the other factor as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the 10, 100, 1000, etc. 1. Give answers at a glance. No pencil-work. 10 (groups) of 57 = . 1000 (groups)... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...denomination which makes a unit of the required denomination. Since the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, etc., the operation is performed by removing the decimal...in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. 2. Reduce 40063 liters to hektoliters. Ans. 400.63 HI. 3. In 136.7 centigrams, how many grams ? Ans.... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...point is two places further to the left. 100).009 .00009 503. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE. — To divide by 5, 50, 500, etc., move the decimal point one, two, three, etc., places to the... | |
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When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers. 
