 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...20. Divide 16| by .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.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...3. When any decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., the division is made by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's in the divisor; and if there be not so many figures on the left of the decimal point, the deficiency... | |
 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...in the valuation 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»... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...power 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... | |
 | Thomas Percy Hudson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 268 pages
...-34567 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,... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...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... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...unit of a higher to a unit of a lower denomination. Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing...make a unit of the higher, and change the name to the lower denomination. \ Names. No. of Liters. Cubic Measure, Dry Metric Denom. No. of Weight of volume... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 468 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
