 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1870 - 276 pages
...468-12 x 299-875 to the nearest integer. § 5. DIvISION. CASE I. By a power of 10. (Cf. p. 107.) Shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary, and curtail the decimal thus obtained. ^4-... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1871 - 392 pages
...divide by 100, of three places by 1000, &c. These principles generalized would be stated thus : — (b.) To express the product of any number multiplied by...between the number and point are left vacant, they must beßlled by zeros. NOTE. — The rule usually given for multiplying by the powers of 10, h to " annex... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...sign plus ( + ) 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...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 as there are ciphers ia the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOIl PRACTICE. 1. Reduce 2A 5 to... | |
 | Daniel O'Sullivan - 1872 - 382 pages
...143. To convert a DECIMAL fraction into a simple number, we set down the numerator (by itself), and remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the denominator. Thus, -3s=3-+10=-3; i§g=789-r-i00=7-89; t§io=67i ,000= -067 ; &c. XOTE.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...; or mills to dollars, divide by 1000. Cents or mills may be reduced directly to dollars by placing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor (Art. 64). Examples. 4. In 691000 mills how many dollars ? Ans. $691. 5. In... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...258. To 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
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 344 pages
...sign plus ( + ) 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
