 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...r-xaat when the quotient is carried 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 IjR as there are ciphers on the right hand of the divisor. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Divide .675 by... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...Explanation. — In all problems ,Ooo7 r A where the multiplier is 10, 100, etc.. 4-JWf.O Alls. we 8imj,iy remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are naughts in the multiplier, amifsiiiK naughts if required, as shown in articles 2'Jt and 3UO. 2. Multiply... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 pages
...— Decimals are multiplied by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by moving the decimal point of the multiplicand as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. EXAMPLES Multiply 1. 579.35 ft. by 32. 2. 67.815 yd. by 4.15. 3. 5.0179 acres by .065. 4. 28.0415 rods... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...the multiplicand as there are ciphers at the right of the multiplier ; or, by moving the dollar or decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers at the right of the multiplier. II. If the multiplier is more than 1 with ciphers annexed, multiply... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1889 - 200 pages
...= .200 = 25. A decimal, or a complex decimal, can bc multiplied by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. Multiply .678 by 10, by 100, by 1000; 178.9 by 10; 19.320 by 10; 16.0054x100 = ? 54.37898 x 10000 =... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...— Decimals are multiplied by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by moving the decimal point of the multiplicand as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Multiply 1. 619.358 yd. by 24. 2. 57.625 ft. by 2.75. 3. 82.6125 bu. by .418.... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...to the left as there are decimal places in the multiplier. To divide by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, etc., move the decimal point as many places, to the right as there are decimal places in the divisor. EXAMPLES. Find the value of 1. 8.7x10. 13. 47x0.1. 2. 0.0069x10. 14.... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 312 pages
...3.—Decimals are multiplied by 10,100,1000, etc., by moving the decimal point of the multiplicand as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Multiply 1. 619.358 yd. by 24. 2. 57.625 ft. by 2.75. 3. 82.6125 bu. by .418.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...deficiency by prefixing decimal ciphers. To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc.: — RULE. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there arc ciphers in the multiplier. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 1. How many times are 2 tenths contained in 8... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...may be expressed as a fraction or indicated by -j- ; thus 3.265f or 3.265 +. Note 2. — 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. Note 3. — Complex decimals should be made pure, or both... | |
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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. 
