 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...7.44 General Rule for Division. — Divide as in Simple N-umbers, and point off from the right hand of the quotient as many places for decimals as the decimal...places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; if there be not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixiny ciphers. PROOF. — The same as... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1869 - 348 pages
...— Divide as in simple numbers, and point off in the quotient, from the right hand, as many p/aees 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. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 2.3421... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...the following ^ RULR. 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. Explain division of decimals. Give rule. NOTES. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1866 - 212 pages
...of Decimal Fractions. — Divide as in simple numbers, and from the right of the quotient, point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; if there be not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. PROOF. — Same as in... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1872 - 204 pages
...1O.11 l2).OO25x 124O 1s)1.o1 x 1o. 1 x 101 x . 101 14).O5 x .005 x .5 x 500 .51 и)ю.3х.oнх 15.99 DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE.— 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.... | |
 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Arithmetic - 1872 - 404 pages
...1.944 RULE. I Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right of the quotient as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not enough figures to point off, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. II. When... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1873 - 240 pages
...decimals ? Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. REMARKS. — 1. If the quotient has not so many figures as the decimal places in the dividend exceed... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Arithmetic - 1874 - 108 pages
...same manner as in whole numbers, care being taken to point off the decimal places in the quotient. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in the quotient as many places to the left for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. Divide... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1874 - 490 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 exveed those in the divisor. NOTES. — 1. If the number of figures in the quotient be less than the... | |
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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. 
