| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1874 - 346 pages
...Divide 37.4 by 4.5. Ans. 3.4. 4. Divide 586. 4 by 375. 5. Divide 94.0369 by 81 .032. NOTE. — 3. When any decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000,...&c,, the division is made by removing the decimal poir.t as many platen to the left, fix there are O's in t/ie dinner ; and if there be not eo many figures... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1874 - 490 pages
...required denomination. Since the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, &*., the operation is performed hy removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce 2A 5 to... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...divide a decimal, or a mixed number consisting of integer and 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 are not figures enough for this, prefix ciphers to supply the deficiency.... | |
| Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...affixed to show that the division may be continued. 6. A decimal may 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. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Divide .16 by .2. ' 2. Divide 32.864 by .08. 3. Divide... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...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... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 344 pages
...( + ) can be used. NOTE 3. — 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. Thus 1.25... | |
| Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...the RIGHT as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2d. 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 OF LENGTH. 156. The Meter is the unit of length ; it is legal in the... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 212 pages
...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)... | |
| 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... | |
| William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...by 10, and the removal of Hence, RULE.—To divide by 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers annexed. Divide: •17. 48.26 by 100. 18. 382.457 by 1000. 19. 13.8542 by 1000. Divide: 20.... | |
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