 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.  Complete Arithmetic: pt. 1- - Page 87by George E. Mercer, Mabel Bonsall - 1909Full view - About this book
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...decimal, or a mixed number of integers and decimals, can be multiplied by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. Prefixing a Cipher in a decimal expression, di vides the decimal by 10, by removing each of its figures... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 468 pages
...denomination. Since the multiplier is always 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, annexing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce 3M32.58 to millimetres. 2. Reduce... | |
 | Whitman Peck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 304 pages
...Multiply .256 by 100. MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. SPECIAL RULE. — To multiply by 10, 100, &c.. remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers if necessary. EXAMPLES. [Let pupils write the following examples with the respective... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...Since the multiplier is always 10, 100, 1000, etc., th« operation may be performed by removing the point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. EXAMPLE. — How many kilometers in 36429 M. ? SOLUTION. — Since 1000 meters = 1 kilometer, 36429... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...METRIC NUMBERS. To change a metrit number from a unit of a higher to a unit of a lower denomination. Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...NUMBERS. 3V> change a metric number from a unit of a hiyticr to a unit of a lower denomination, Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...dollar mark and the decimal point. For, multiplying by 10, 100, etc., has the same effect, removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier (Art. 30). Examples. 4. In $162 how many mills ? Ans. 162000 mills. 5. In $1.62 how many cents ? Ans.... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1870 - 276 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so on. Rule : To multiply a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, adding ciphers if necessary. Thus : 7-63x100000 = 763000. EXERCISE VI. By vulgar fractions and by decimals... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...the deficiency by prefixing decimal ciphers. 2. To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. NOTE. — If there be not enough decimal places in the product, supply the deficiency by annexing ciphers.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...denomination. Since the multiplier is always 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, annexing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce SM 32.58 to millimetres. 2. Reduce... | |
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