 | 1897 - 366 pages
...— Place the subtrahend under the minuend, so that the decimal points will be directly under each other. Subtract, as in whole numbers, and place the...in the minuend above them, and subtract as before. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1 47. From (a) 407.385 take 235.0004. (*) 22.718 take 1.7042. (c) 1,368.17 take... | |
 | James M. Cook - 1897 - 216 pages
...— We write the subtrahend under the minuend, placing units under units, tenths under tenths, etc. Subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal...in the remainder directly under the decimal points in the minuend and subtrahend. Thus, in the above example — 42.250 14.375 27.875 2. From 18. 75 take... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1897 - 672 pages
...the decimal points will be directly under each other. Subtract, as in whole numbers, and place tlie decimal point in the remainder, directly under the...decimal points above. When the figures in the decimal fart of the subtrahend extend beyond those in the minuend, place ciphers in the minuend above them,... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1897 - 368 pages
...decimal is not changed by annexing zeros to the right of the decimal, annex in this case two zeros. Subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the remainder between the unit and the tenths' place. Exercise 96 From 1. 8.43 2. 13.47016 3. .503 4. .52 Take 2.95... | |
 | 1897 - 358 pages
...under each other \ and proceed as in the subtraction of whole numbers, 7 0 8. 7 7 8 6 Ans. placing the decimal point in the remainder directly under the decimal points above. In the above example we proceed as follows: We can not subtract 4 ten-thousandths from 0 ten-thousandths,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1897 - 480 pages
...the minuend. This does not alter the value of the minuend (§ 92). We then subtract as in integral numbers, and place the decimal point in the remainder directly under the line of decimal points. EXERCISE 48. — WRITTEN. From 1. 2.876 take 6.59. 7. 204.01 take 89.009. 2.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...the decimal points will be directly under each other. Subtract, as in whole numbers, and place tlie decimal point in the remainder, directly under the...in the minuend above them, and subtract as before. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 147. From (a) 407.385 take 235.0004. (b) 22.718 take 1.7042. (c) 1,368.17 take... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Bookkeeping - 1899 - 650 pages
...21.716, 410.072, and .0345. M 4,539.02625. When there are more decimal places in the stibtrahcn d than in the minuend, place ciphers in the minuend above them, and subtract as before. EXAMPLES TOR PRACTICE. 14. From: (a) 407.385 take 235.0004. (b) 22.718 take Ï.7042. (c) 1,868'.17... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...directly 8514 under each other, and proceed as in the subtraction of whole numbers, 708.7786 Ans. placing the decimal point in the remainder directly under the decimal points above. ln the above example we proceed as follows: We can not subtract 4 ten-thousandths from 0 ten-thousandths,... | |
 | Analytical chemistry - 1900 - 532 pages
...— Place the subtrahend under the minuend, so that the decimal points will be directly under each other. Subtract as in whole numbers, and place the...in the minuend above them and subtract as before. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 147. From: (a) 407.385 take 235.0004. (t) 22.718 take 1.7042. (0 1,368. 17 take... | |
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Place the subtrahend under the minuend, so that the decimal points will be directly under each other. Subtract, as in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the remainder, directly under the decimal points above. 
