 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...have 35 175 . 5 _ m 1? _ 35 . 1000 ' 10 100P ? 100' and this quotient, expressed decimally, is .35. Here we see that the dividend contains as many decimal...places as are contained in both divisor and quotient. BULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...evident that : In dividing decimals, we divide as if the numbers were integers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 1. If the quotient does... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1895 - 526 pages
...contain as many ciphers as Pr* '" the number of ciphers in the dividend ex10 ceeds those in the divisor. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point of as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. NOTE».... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1900 - 236 pages
...evident that : In dividing decimals, we divide as if the numbers were integers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 1. If the quotient does... | |
 | Edward Gideon - Arithmetic - 1902 - 182 pages
...Change a Common Fraction to a Decimal. Annex ciphers to the numerator, and divide by the denominator ; and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals its there were decimal ciphers annexed. The quotient will be the decimal required. Problems. Change... | |
 | John Rome Battle - Lubrication and lubricants - 1920 - 1280 pages
...together. Example: Multiply 1.245 by .27 1.245 •2L ^8715 2490 0.33615 answer DIVISION OF DECIMALS.— Rule: Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right...quotient point off as many places for decimals as there are decimal places in the dividend exceeding those in the divisor. Example: What is the quotient... | |
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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 Che decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
