 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.  Elementary Arithmetic - Page 188by Charles Scott Venable - 1888 - 226 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...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 to a decimal.... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...4397 x 998. 470. PKOB. IV.— To divide by 1O, 1OO, 1OOO, etc. Move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. Perform the division in the following : 1. 8736H-100. 4. 23.97—1000.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 230 pages
...by 10, cutting off two figures divides it by 100, etc. The Decimal Paint (Art. 24), by being removed as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, may be used to denote where the cutting off is made, and the remainder will be the part on the right... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...6.275. 25. $71.1022 H- $9.43. NOTE.— To divide a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the dividend if necessary. 26. What is the quotient of 77.56 by 10 ? Ans. 7.756.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...required number of decimal places (Ex. 5). REM. 4. — 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. If there be not enough figures, prefix ciphers (Ex. 6, Rern). 7. Divide 1.125 by .03. 8. Divide 86.075... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...by 10, and the removal of Hence, 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. Divide: •17. 48.26 by 100. 18. 382.457 by 1000. 19. 13.8542 by 1000. Divide: 20. 4.897 by... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 212 pages
...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. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. (2) 6). 426 (3) (4) .05 ) 81.60 (5) .009).... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...dividend, and then divide. 11. Divide 6 by .003. 12. Divide 28.475 by .0005. To divide by 10, 100, etc., we move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 13. Divide 37.41 by 10. 15. Divide 843.7 by 1000. 14. Divide 341.6 by 100. 16. Divide 83.86 by 100.... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 392 pages
...divides it by a hundred, etc., to divide by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Bule. Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE 1. In order to move the decimal point the required number of places to the left, it may be necessary... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1879 - 134 pages
...inverted is \. «x5=?=6i. 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. 74864 -=-1000 =74.864 DECIMALS. The system of Decimal fractions is so pre-eminently simple, that when... | |
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