 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1889 - 202 pages
...10.368, Product. No San. 27. A decimal, or a complex decimal, 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 ;... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 362 pages
...195-5-100 = 1.95 ; 4.53 -=- 10000 = 0.000453. In like manner, to multiply by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are decimal places in the multiplier. To divide by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, etc., move the decimal point as many... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...decimal figures, prefix decimal ciphers. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc.: — RULE. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. REV1EW PROBLEMS. 1. Express decimally 16| thousandths. 2. Change .325 to a... | |
 | Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1891 - 362 pages
...multiplier. 150. In accordance with the same principle, a number is divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. Thus: 57.6-5-10=5.76; 57.6-i-100=.576: 896.4... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...indicated by -j- ; thus 3.265f or 3.265 +. Note 2. — 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. Note 3. — Complex decimals should be made pure, or both dividend and divisor... | |
 | John Edward King - Business mathematics - 1891 - 254 pages
...divisor. Any decimal may be divided by 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, as 10, 100, 1000, 10000, by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as the divisor contains ciphers. SUGGESTIONS. — 1. Do not commence the division until the number of... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 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. Divide: 2. .675 by .15. Ans. 4.5. 10. 3. .288 by 3.6. Ans.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 238 pages
...places as the divisor, before commencing the division. 4. 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. 6. .009) .00207 .23 7. 8. .288) 18.000C (62.5 .0025) 15.8750... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1892 - 252 pages
...sheeting at 8| cents a yard? DECIMALS. Nora.— 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, prefixing ciphers to the dividend if necessary. 602. Find the cost of 3235... | |
 | 1893 - 252 pages
...divisor. Any decimal may be divided by 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, as 10, 100, 1000, 10000, by removing the decimal point as many places to> the left as the divisor contains ciphers. SUGGESTIONS. — 1. Do not commence the division until the number of... | |
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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. 
