| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...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 ; by 100; by 10. 3. Divide... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
....033 i. CONTRACTIONS. ART. 51. 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. Note. — If there are not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers. Examples. 1. Divide 6.25 by... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...NOTE 8. — When a decimal number is to he divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal [wint as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be uot figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers. Thus 1.25 -:- 10 = .125 ; and 1.7... | |
| James Haddon - Arithmetic - 1862 - 358 pages
...in the quotient to make four decimal places. To divide by 10, 100, &c., remove the decimal place of the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers. (1) 6-74 -r 2 -84. (2) -496 -=- -278. (3) 7-6 -f- -734. (4) 7-234-4-06. (5) -024 -=- -001. (8) 29-6... | |
| George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...a whole number, make it a whole number before dividing, by removing the decimal point to the right. Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right; divide, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the altered dividend.... | |
| William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...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» become! 2156-4327 2i5-64327... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1865 - 468 pages
...places, 100 times, &c. ; 47.9256 therefore, to divide by 10, 100, 1000, &c., we remove 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.... | |
| John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 356 pages
...lif. Ans. 123.107. 186. To divide a decimal tnj 1O, 1OO, 1OOO, etc. Rule. — Hemove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, (4:1, 3). 1. 432.68-r-lO. Ans. 43.268; 2. 2.428-r-lOOO. Ans. .002428. 3. 1.47-^1000. Ans. .00147. 4... | |
| James A. Christie - 1865 - 454 pages
...Page 53PRINCIPLE VIII. Multiplying by any power of 10merely removes every Digit of the Multiplicand as many places to the left as there are Ciphers in the Multiplier. Page 55PRINCIPLE IX. The word " of" between Numbers has the same meaning as the sign of... | |
| George Augustus Walton, Mrs. Electra Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1865 - 354 pages
...a whole number, make it a whole number before dividing, by removing the decimal point to the right. Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right; divide, and point off as many decimal placet in the quotient as there are in the altered dividend.... | |
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