 | Mathematics - 1801 - 426 pages
...in both the divisor and quotient ; therefore point off for decimals in the quotient so many figures, as the decimal places, in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the figures in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 390 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers; then cut off, as before, as many places from the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there is a deficiency of figures in the dividend, add cyphers. EXAMPLE. Divide 161.57 by 21.573. 2... | |
 | James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 172 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point ofFas many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there should be a remainder, or more decimal places in the divisor than the dividend, ciphers may be... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Algebra - 1808 - 468 pages
...in whole numbers, and, from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places of the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defeft by prefixing... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 198 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right handof the iiuotk-iH point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. *-^ If the places of the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing ciphers.... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 592 pages
...the dividend, than there are in the divisor, point off as many figures in the quotient for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; the want of places in the quotient being supplied by prefixing ciphers. But if there be more decimal... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812
...DECIMALS. , 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*. • The reason of this Rule is evident ; for, since the divisor multiplied by the quotient gives the... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 556 pages
...dividend, than there are in the divisor, point off аи many figures in the quotient for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; the want of places in the quotient beingsupplied by prefixing ciphers. But if there be more decimal... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 240 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1817 - 198 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point ofl' as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the places of the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing ciphers.... | |
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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. 
