 Decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio; and therefore they may be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in the same manner as whole numbers.  A Business Arithmetic - Page 641893Full view - About this book
 | George Victor Le Vaux - Education - 1875 - 324 pages
...whether they be marbles, cows, horses, or abstract units ; that the different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right in a ten-fold ratio ; and that the removal of a figure one place to the right or left, increases or decreases its value... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 468 pages
...liy applying the ten figures to different orders of units. IT. The different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio, III. Every removal of a figure one place to the left, increases its local value tenfold ; and every... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...DECIMALS. 806. Addition of Decimals is finding the sum of two or more decimals. Since decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right in a tenfold ratio as do simple who'e numbers, they may be added, sub tracted, multiplied, and divided in the same manner.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...significant figures of the decimal ; thus, -&, or .6, is the same as Jfo, or .60. 4. Decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio ; and therefore they may be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided the same as whole numbers. 5.... | |
 | John Edward King - Business mathematics - 1891 - 254 pages
...fractional part in mixed decimals, or dollars and cents in decimal currency, it is called a separatrix; as 3.75, $9.25. 202. A Pure Decimal corresponds to...and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. S. A decimal should contain as many places as there would te ciphers in its denominator if written,... | |
 | Education - 1913 - 456 pages
...not change the place of the figure of the decimal; thus .3 is the same as .30. 4. Decimals increase from right to left and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. 5. The denominator of a decimal, though not expressed, is always 1 with as many ciphers annexed as... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...significant figures of the decimal. Thus, -&, or .6, is the same aa Jfc, or .60. 4. Decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio; and therefore they may be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in the same manner as whole numbers.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...significant figures of the decimal. Thus, T6ff, or .6, is the same as '1^, or .60. 4. Decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio; and therefore they may be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in the same manner as u'hole numbers.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 238 pages
...applying the ten figures to the different orders of units. II. The different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. Ш. Every removal of a figure one place to the left, increases its local value tenfold; and every removal... | |
 | Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1897 - 538 pages
...ciphers annexed as are equal to the number of figures in the decimal or numerator. 60. They increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. 59. Its place from the decimal point. 61. A pure decimal consists of a decimal only thus, .35, which... | |
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