 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...RtFLB. 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. Noras. 1. If the number of figures in tie quotient be less than the excess ol the decimal places in... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...Divide as in Simple N-umbers, and point off from the right hand of the quotient as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; if there be not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixiny ciphers. PROOF. — The same as... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1869 - 450 pages
...numbers. The rule for placing the decimal point is, that the quotient must have as many decimal figures as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, that is, the quotient and divisor together must contain as many decimals as the dividend. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...RULR. 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. Explain division of decimals. Give rule. NOTES. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimalt as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. Explain division of decimals. Give rule. NOTES. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1872 - 234 pages
...denote whole numbers ; those on the right, decimals. Or, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient, point off as many decimals as the...places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. REMARKS.—1. If there are not figures enough in the quotient for the decimals required by the second... | |
 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Arithmetic - 1872 - 404 pages
...RULE. I Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right of the quotient as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not enough figures to point off, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. II. When... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1866 - 212 pages
...Fractions. — Divide as in simple numbers, and from the right of the quotient, point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; if there be not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. PROOF. — Same as in... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...187. RULE. — 1. Divide as in whole numbers. Point off from the right of the quotient as many figures as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 186. In division of decimals, how many decimal places must the dividend contain ? How many must the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1873 - 240 pages
...decimals ? Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. REMARKS. — 1. If the quotient has not so many figures as the decimal places in the dividend exceed... | |
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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. 
