 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1859 - 422 pages
...deficiency.* Example. — Multiply 32-108 by 2-5. 32-108 2-5 80-2700 Answer. DIVI8ION OF DECIMAL8. Rale. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in the quotient...places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. When the decimal places of the quotient are not so many as the above rule requires, the deficiency... | |
 | William Easton (of Hereford.) - 1859 - 110 pages
...7. -275 X 4000 ; 7-375 X 800. 8. -025 X -025 ; -075 X -0048. 9. 1-05 X 1-05 x 1-05 X 1-05 X 1-05. . DIVISION OF DECIMALS. Rule. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in the quotient as many decimal places as there are more in the dividend than in the divisor. When the number of decimal places... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 362 pages
...Hence the following 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. NOTES. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less than the excess of the decimal places in... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1860 - 1020 pages
...decimal» in the pn>dui U cvrni лл. u_ .7gib39S, reuiuiii)- <mly uire« decimal* in tlie \n oducL DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE, — Divide as in whole numbers ; and point off in the quotient as man; places for decimate, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in ti* di \¡sor.* \\... | |
 | Alfred Holbrook - Teaching - 1860 - 486 pages
...ten as both the factors, it follows that the rule is correct. 81. DEMONSTRATION of the rule for the division of decimals. Rule. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures, at the right of the quotient, for decimals, as the decimal figures in the dividend... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1863 - 600 pages
...2715 108599:44 81 542997 2 14 24434874 2508-9280 2508-9280 650510 DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RL-LE. — Divide as in whole numbers ; and point off in the...places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. When the places of the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, let the defect be supplied by... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...the following Rule. Divide as in simple numbers, and point off' in the quotient, from the right hand, as 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 V/ prefixing ciphers. Examples. 1. Divide 2.3421... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...the following RtFLB. 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. Noras. 1. If the number of figures in tie quotient be less than the excess ol the decimal places in... | |
 | John Purdue Bidlake - Arithmetic - 1866 - 232 pages
...500. (15.) 30.92 x 2.07 x .51. (18.) 10.3 x .011 x 15.99. XXIII.— DIVISION OF DECIMALS. BULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in the quotient as many decimal places as the number of decimals in the dividend exceeds the number of decimals in the divisor.... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 pages
...quotient by 10. We can hence determine the following practical rule for the division of decimals : Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in the quotient as many decimal places as the decimal places in the dividend are in excess over those in the divisor.* •... | |
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... 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. 
