 | John Fair Stoddard - 1866 - 188 pages
...thus, A decimal, or a mixed number of 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... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...to the RIGHT as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2. A number is reduced to a HIGHER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the LEFT as there are ciphers in the divisor. MEASURES OP LENGTH. 109. The Meter is the unit of length ; it is legal in the... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1879 - 134 pages
...inverted is \. «x5=?=6i. To divide by any number expressed by 1 and any number of ciphers, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 74864 -=-1000 =74.864 DECIMALS. The system of Decimal fractions is so pre-eminently... | |
 | George Ricks - Arithmetic - 1879 - 420 pages
...From such examples deduce the rule : — To dinde a decimal fraction by 10, or any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. To DIVIDE A DECIMAL FRACTION BY ANY OTHER DECIMAL FRACTION. FIRST METHOD. Example... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 446 pages
...by a hundred, etc., to divide by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Bule. Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE 1. In order to move the decimal point the required number of places to... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so DD. Eule : To divide a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary. Thus, 7-63 -=-100000 = -0000763. EXERCISE IX.... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...as there are ciphers in the multiplier. (2O3.) 6. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. (3O4.) Find the value of 36. 4. 65 x. 025 x. 08. 37. 7. 6 x. 045 x 13 x. 0002.... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...be regarded as decimal places of the dividend. 3. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the dividend, if necessary. EXAMPLES. 144. 1. Divide three... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...removal two places divides by 100. RULE. — To divide by 1, with any number of ciphers annexed, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers annexed to the 1. 27. Divide 392.5 by 100. 30. Divide 4.825 by 100. 28. Divide 26.45 by 10.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...division to three decimal places. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc. : Bule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. LESSON XXIV. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Express decimally 2£ hundredths. 2. Express... | |
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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. 
