 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal figures in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, and if there are not so many figures in the quotient,... | |
 | 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
...number with 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... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...DECIMALS, we have 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
...therefore divide 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 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... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1828 - 230 pages
...divide as in whole numhers. Point off as many places for decimals frum the right hand of the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. NOTE 1 — If there are not so many figures in ihe quotient a' the numher of decimal places required,... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Arithmetic - 1830 - 306 pages
...whether long or short, of whole numbers. 2. Point off to the right of the quotient, as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 3. If the places in the quotient fall short, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. 4. When a... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 294 pages
...following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal figures in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, and if there are not so many figures in the quotient,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide an in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal fiaures in the dividend exceed those in the divisor, and if there are not so many figures in 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 the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
