| Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so DD. Eule : To divide a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary. Thus, 7-63 -=-100000 = -0000763. EXERCISE IX.... | |
| Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...as there are ciphers in the multiplier. (2O3.) 6. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. (3O4.) Find the value of 36. 4. 65 x. 025 x. 08. 37. 7. 6 x. 045 x 13 x. 0002.... | |
| Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 224 pages
...must be regarded as decimal places of the dividend. 3. 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. EXAMPLES. 144. 1. Divide three... | |
| William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...the removal two places divides by 100. 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 to the 1. 27. Divide 392.5 by 100. 30. Divide 4.825 by 100. 28. Divide 26.45 by 10.... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...carrying the division to three decimal places. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc. : Bule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. LESSON XXIV. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Express decimally 2£ hundredths. 2. Express... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 368 pages
...division to three or four decimal places. 2. 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. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Reduce Tfj to a decimal. 2. Reduce -5-5^ to a decimal.... | |
| C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...annexed are decimals to the dividend. To divide by any number expressed by 1 and any number of ciphers, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. - JO00 =74.864 To Divide by adding the Difference of 10, 100, 1000, etc. when... | |
| Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884 - 958 pages
...considerations will make it clear that to divide a decimal by a ny poner of 10, wo have only to shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's in the given power of 10, making up the required number of places by prefixing O's to the significant... | |
| 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 - 1887 - 488 pages
...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... | |
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