 | Daniel Parker - Arithmetic - 1828 - 358 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right-band 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... | |
 | William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 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. o 2. If there be not so many places of decimals in the quotient as the rule requires, supply the deficit... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1828 - 776 pages
....0625 Multiply By . Product = . .75 .75 375 525 ^5625 DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. tient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor I—- But if there be not as many figures in the quotient as there are in that excess, the deficiency... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...those in the dividend ; 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. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, prefix as many ciphers to the left hand... | |
 | William Kinne - 1829 - 246 pages
...rules for pointing off in the quotient. 1. Point off for decimals in the quotient so many figures, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. 1f the figures in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...this RULE.* Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; but if there are not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. The quotient... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1829 - 252 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of th' 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... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 pages
...in whole numbers, and from the right hand ol' the quotient, point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; if there be not enough in the quotient, prefix ciphers to the left hand of the quotient, to supply the... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Arithmetic - 1832 - 228 pages
...whole numbers, and as many figures must be pointed off from the right hand of the quotient for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. When the decimal places in the quotient are not enough, ciphers must be prefixed to the left hand of... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1833 - 284 pages
...in simple numbers, and point off in the quotient, from the right hand, so many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; and if there are not so many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. Est. Divide 1,38483 by... | |
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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. 
