 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...decimal figures of the dividend. 258. To divide a decimal, or a mixed number consisting of integer and 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 are not figures enough for this, prefix ciphers... | |
 | Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...by a power of 10, (See Art. 46) remove the decimal point of the multiplicand as many places toward the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. If there are not enough figures in the number for this, annex ciphers to supply the deficiency. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Multiply Ans.... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...factors. If there be not so many in the product, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. — To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove...the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. When the number of figures iu the multiplicand is less than the number of ciphers in the multiplier,... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...Sufficient accuracy is usually secured by 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.... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1876 - 484 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so on. Eule : To multiply a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in tho multiplier, adding ciphers if necessary. Thus : 7-63x100000 = 763000. EXERCISE VI. By vulgar fractions... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...obtain the following rule for finding a number when a decimal part of it is given : 503. RULE. — Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are places in the given decimal, annexing ciphers if necessary, and divide the result by the, number expressed... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...placing the decimal point, omit ciphers at the right of the decimal part of the product. (Ex. 2.) REM. 3.— To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc.,...right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. If there be not enough figures annex ciphers. 4. Multiply 5. Multiply 6. Multiply 7. Multiply 8. Multiply 9.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...exact, it may be continued to any 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, Rem).... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...1.1yds. X 11.4 x 82.3. NOTB. — To multiply a decimal or a mixed decimal by 10, 100, 1,000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers to the multiplicand if necessary. 35. What is the product of 77.56 by 10? Ans. 775.6.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...must be supplied by prefixing ciphers. RULE. — To multiply by 1 wUJi any number of ciphers annexed, remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers annexed. 27. Multiply 384.64 by 100. By 10. By 1000. 28. Multiply 1.8465 by 100. By 1000. By 10000.... | |
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To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers. 
