 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...decimals in both divisor and quotient. Art. 181 : hence, There must be as many decimals in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 1. Divide 2.125 by 5 tenths. SOLUTION.— Divide as in Simple Numbers; KXO^O"*' then, since there are... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1858 - 350 pages
...590.324. 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 ; but if there are not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. EXAMPLE. — Divide... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1858 - 346 pages
...hence, RULE. — Divide as in simple numbers, and point off in the quotient, from the right hand, as 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. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 2.3421... | |
 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...RULE. — 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 : if you have not enough figures in the quotient, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. How do you... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - Artillery - 1859 - 426 pages
...Answer. 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 362 pages
...the following 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. NOTES. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less than the excess of the decimal places in... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 352 pages
...Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimak as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. NoTES. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less than the excess of the decimal places in... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...like manner it may be shown universally, that 329. The quotient must have as many decimal figures, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; that is, 'he decimal places in the divisor and quotient together, mutt $• qual in number to those... | |
 | John Flint (inspector of schools.) - 1862 - 152 pages
...6-3740. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and for decimals point off from the quotient as many places as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. When the decimal places in the divisor exceed those in the dividend, before commencing to divide, annex... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...following Rule. Divide as in simple numbers, and point off' in the quotient, from the right hand, as 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 V/ prefixing ciphers. Examples. 1. Divide 2.3421... | |
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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. 
