 Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supplying the deficiency, if any, by prefixing ciphers.  Railway Signaling - Page 49by School of Railway Signaling (Utica, N.Y.) - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...as many as are found in both 256 factors. .47104, Aw. Rule.— 1. Multiply as in whole numbers. 2. Point off" as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in the two factors. REMARKS. — 1. If the product does not contain as many places as the factors, prefix... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 262 pages
...numbers, and place the decimal point as in addition. MULTIPLICATION. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 292 pages
...numbers, and place the decimal point as in addition. MULTIPLICATION. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 224 pages
...supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. 140. RULE. — Multiply as in integers, and from the right point off as many decimal 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... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...1. To multiply one decimal by another: Bule. — Multiply as in the multiplication of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. NOTE. — If there be not enough decimal figures in the product,... | |
 | Education - 1883 - 642 pages
..."multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, etc.," as upon that is based the "why" of pointing off "as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in the factors. " Pupils should know clearly that decimal fractions have denominators, and that the denominator... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 370 pages
...123. 1. To multiply one decimal by another: Rule.—Multiply as in the multiplication of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. NOTE.—If there be not enough decimal figures in the product, supply... | |
 | Dennis Heywood - 1884 - 236 pages
...Multiplication of Decimali. RULE.' — Arrange and multiply the decimals as in Simple Multiplication, and mark off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in multiplyer and multiplicand together. . 1. 260-4 x -9 2. 615-2 x -06 3. 48-04 x -09 R 1. 57-58 x -0012... | |
 | Education - 1893 - 376 pages
...Doubter, will tell you that in multiplication of decimals, " we multiply as in simple numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand taken together." But they never did know, do not know, and never will know,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1886 - 200 pages
...-riJo x Tfo = -nfi&W = -00255. Rule for Multiplication of Decimals.—Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in the multiplicand and multiplier. In case there are not the required number of decimal places in... | |
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