| William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...and management of decimals generally. To divide a decimal by 10, ICO, 1000, AC. — RULE. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Examplei 21664-327 divided by 10, 100, 1000, 10000, and 100000, respectively» become! 2156-4327 2i5-64327... | |
| Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...of 10 for a denominator to its corresponding decimal. RULE. — Write down the numerator, and move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are 0' in the denominator. EXAMPLE. — Reduce 4i^gl) to a decimal. = 4'0745 Ans. NOTE. — There are four... | |
| James A. Christie - 1865 - 454 pages
...Page 53PRINCIPLE VIII. Multiplying by any power of 10merely removes every Digit of the Multiplicand as many places to the left as there are Ciphers in the Multiplier. Page 55PRINCIPLE IX. The word " of" between Numbers has the same meaning as the sign of... | |
| John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...thus, A decimal, or a mixed number o/ 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; 438.15-4-10=... | |
| Thomas Percy Hudson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 268 pages
...X 1oo = f«& X 1oo = *g% = 34-567. Similarly, to divide a decimal by any power of 10, we must move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. If there are more ciphers in the divisor than there are places in the decimal, we must prefix a sufficient... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1868 - 390 pages
...required denomination. Since the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, &c., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the left...divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PEACTICE. 1. Reduce 2A 5 to myriares. 2. Eeduco 3M 403 to kilometres. 3. Reduce jS42.3 to hectosteres.... | |
| Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...Ans. 2500. 27. 1.5 -=-.7 Ans. 2. 142857+ ART. 184. To divide a Decimal 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 are not so many figures on the left of the point, supply the deficiency by prefixing... | |
| Whitman Peck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 304 pages
...'• $0.25, " 10 " To divide US Money by 10, 100, <fcc., it is sufficient to remove the separating point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor ; thus, *45-|-100=$0.45. Ex. 11. At 12>£ cents a pound, how many pounds of sugar can be bought for... | |
| John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...To change a metric number from a unit of a lower to a unit of a higlter denomination* Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
| John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...change a metric number from ft unit of a lower ton unit of (i lii'iluT denomination. Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
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