 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.  The Packard Commercial Arithmetic - Page 44by Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - 1882 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1852 - 228 pages
...generalized would be stated thus : — To express the product of any number multiplied by any power of 10, remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are zeros used in writing the given multiplier. To express the quotient of a number divided by any power... | |
 | William Frederick Greenfield - 1853 - 228 pages
....4086382 .2709 .1377382 Ans. V. TO MULTIPLY DECIMALS. Rule— I. To multiply by 10, 100, 1000, &c. remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, supplying ciphers on the right to make up any deficiency. 2. To multiply two decimal fractions, multiply... | |
 | Charles D. Lawrence - Arithmetic - 1854 - 336 pages
...thousandths by forty-eight thousand. Ans. 2304. *9. To multiply a decimal fraction by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. The product of 0.2457 by 100 is 24.57. The product of 27.8056 by 1000 is 27805.6. Multiply the fi1-st... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1854 - 152 pages
...— To MULTIPLY by 10, 100, or 1 with any other number of nothings annexed, it is only necessary to remove the decimal point as many places to the right, as there are nothings in the multiplier, thus — 46-78 multiplied by 10, becomes 467-8. Ans. 107-594 1743-9392... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1854 - 306 pages
...quills cost ? Ans. $1,80. Tu multiply decimals by 10, 100, 1000, 4-c., remove the decimal pnint us many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, agreeably to Article 13. Removing the decimal point one figure to the right increases every figure... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1855 - 388 pages
...2221-7778. Ans. 688-1875. S3, A decimal number may be multiplied ,by 10, 100, 1000, &c., by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there are not so many figures, make up the deficiency by annexing ciphers. •10 100 1000... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1855 - 396 pages
...would be stated thus : — (b.) To express the product of any number multiplied by any power of 10, remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are zeros used in writing the given multiplier. (c.) To express the quotient of a number divided by any... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...8602'8312 and 48'76324 ? ART. 150. A decimal is multiplied by 10, 100, 1000, Sf-c., by merely removing the decimal point as many places to the -right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. If necessary annex ciphers to the number. ( 86-723 ) Multiply < 14-243 V by 10. ( 1001-001^ C 8-076... | |
 | Andrew Carrick (accountant.) - Ready-reckoners - 1856 - 34 pages
...the left of them. When the multiplier is 10, 100, 1000, &c., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. Division. — (') Divide as in whole numbers, and for decimals, from the right of the quotient, point... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 392 pages
...be stated thus : — (b.) To express the product of any number multiplied by any power of 10, remoce the decimal point as many places to the right as there are zeros used in writing the gicen multiplier. (c.) To express the quotient of a number divided by any... | |
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