 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...and management of decimals generally. To divide a decimal by 10, ICO, 1000, AC. — RULE. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Examplei 21664-327 divided by 10, 100, 1000, 10000, and 100000, respectively»... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1865 - 468 pages
...the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Rule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Examples. 1. Divide 3169.274 by 100 ; by 1000. 2. Divide 57135.62 by 1000 ;... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...of 10 for a denominator to its corresponding decimal. RULE. — Write down the numerator, and move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are 0' in the denominator. EXAMPLE. — Reduce 4i^gl) to a decimal. = 4'0745 Ans. NOTE. — There are four... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...thus, A decimal, or a mixed number o/ integers and decimals, can be divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Divide 13.41 by 10, by 100, by 1000 ; 476.9 by 100, by 10000; .17 by 10; .176... | |
 | Thomas Percy Hudson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 268 pages
...X 1oo = f«& X 1oo = *g% = 34-567. Similarly, to divide a decimal by any power of 10, we must move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. If there are more ciphers in the divisor than there are places in the decimal,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 468 pages
...the required denomination. Since the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, &c., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce 2A 5 to... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...To change a metric number from a unit of a lower to a unit of a higlter denomination* Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left 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 - 1888 - 480 pages
...change a metric number from ft unit of a lower ton unit of (i lii'iluT denomination. Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...Ans. 2500. 27. 1.5 -=-.7 Ans. 2. 142857+ ART. 184. To divide a Decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor : And, if there are not so many figures on the left of the point, supply the... | |
 | Whitman Peck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 304 pages
...which is the same as dividing by 100. SPECIAL RULE. — To divide decimals by 10, 100, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary. EXAMPLES. [Let the pupils write the following... | |
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When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers. 
