 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...the 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. 31. Divide... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 224 pages
...places in the product as there are decimal places in the two factors. NOTE. — To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers to the multiplicand, if necessary. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 368 pages
...division to three or four decimal places. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc. : Rule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Reduce Tfj to a decimal. 2. Reduce -5-5^ to a decimal. 3. Change... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...carrying the 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 decimally... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...annexed are decimals to the dividend. 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. - JO00 =74.864 To Divide by adding the Difference of 10, 100, 1000, etc. when the Divisor... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884 - 958 pages
...considerations will make it clear that to divide a decimal by a ny poner of 10, wo have only to shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's in the given power of 10, making up the required number of places by prefixing O's to the significant... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1885 - 416 pages
...hundred, etc., to divide by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Rule. Move tJie 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 the left,... | |
 | Richard Oscar T. Thorpe - 1885 - 168 pages
...partly integral and partly fractional, expressed in the decimal notation, by any power of ten, move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are cyphers in the power of ten." 2. How can vulgar fractions be compared ? 3. If the telegraph-posts by... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 488 pages
...place to the right increases the value of the number 10 times. 72. It has no effect. 73. By removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers. 74. A circulating decimal is one in which the same figure or set of figures recur in the quotient :... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - Examinations - 1887 - 360 pages
...place to the right increases the value of the number 10 times. 72. It has no effect. 73. By removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers. 74. A circulating decimal is one in which the same figure or set of figures recur in the quotient :... | |
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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. 
