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" RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. "
Connolly's Arithmetic: Or, The Ohio Accomptant: Being a Plain Practical ... - Page 141
by James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - 1829 - 250 pages
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Mental and Practical Arithmetic

Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...following RULE. Divide as in simple numbers, and point off in the quotient, from the right hand, so many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; and if there are not so many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. Q. If one decimal fraction...
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The Complete Mathematical and General Navigation Tables: Including Every ...

Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1838 - 804 pages
...the same manner as in whole numbers j observing to point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor : — But if there be not as many figures in the quotient as there are in that excess, the deficiency...
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The artillerist's manual, and compendium of infantry exercise

Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1839 - 348 pages
...deficiency. Division of decimals. Rule. Divide as in whole numbers ; and point off in the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. When the decimal places of the quotient are not so many as the above rule requires, the deficiency...
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Complete Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Plain Comprehensive System of ...

Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...RULE. 1 . Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand in the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the deficiency by prefixing...
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Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically ...

Daniel Adams - 1839 - 268 pages
...to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal figures in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, and if there...
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Adams's New Arithmetic: Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by ...

Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1840 - 278 pages
...to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figure* for decimals, as the decimal figures in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, and if there...
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Porter's New System of Mathematics: With the Addition of a Complete Ready ...

James H. Porter - Arithmetic - 1841 - 210 pages
...and two-tenths by twenty-seven. Ans. 54113,4. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. Rule. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off...as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those of the divisor. If the places of the quotient are not so many as the iule requires, supply the defect...
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Arithmetic: As Taught in the Troy Episcopal Institute

W. F. Walker - Arithmetic - 1841 - 246 pages
...it may be divided (§ 36. 1). 6. The point is written at the left of so many figures in the quotient as the decimal places in the -dividend exceed those in the divisor, for the reason that the dividend being in effect the product of the divisor and quotient (§ 36. 3),...
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Ruger's Arithmetick, with Questions and Answers: A New System of Arithmetick ...

William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...than a unit, can evidently -be subtracted oftener than a unit. RULE.— Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal . places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; if there...
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The elements of arithmetic. [With] Key

Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...47-1346 by -0238. 6. Multiply 1547 by -00463. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and, from the right hand of the quotient, point off as many places for decimals as the dividend has places of decimals more than the divisor. OBSERVATIONS (1). If the number of places of...
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