 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1825 - 608 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DIVIDE as in whole numbers ; and point off in the quotient as many places f. >r decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.* » The reason of this Rule is evident; for, since the divisor multiplied by the quotient gives the... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...parts in the divisor and quotient, counted together, must always be equal to those in the dividend ; therefore, divide as in whole numbers, and, from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...DECIMALS. RULE.! — Divide as in whole numbers, and point oft' so many plates for decimals in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If there are not so many figures in the quotient as the number of decimals required, supply the defect... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1827 - 274 pages
...or short, of whole numbers. 2. Point off to the right of the quotient, as many places fpidecimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 3. If the places in the quotient fall short, supply the deficiency by prefixing cyphers. 4. When a... | |
 | William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 pages
...parts in the divisor and quotient, counted together, must always be equal to those of the re] dividend; therefore divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1828 - 776 pages
....0625 Multiply By . Product = . .75 .75 375 525 ^5625 DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. tient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor I—- But if there be not as many figures in the quotient as there are in that excess, the deficiency... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...be equal in number with those in the dividend ; and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals, as the. decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, prefix as many ciphers to the left... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS, we have this RULE.* Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; but if there are not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. The quotient... | |
 | William Kinne - 1829 - 246 pages
...rules for pointing off in the quotient. 1. Point off for decimals in the quotient so many figures, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. 1f the figures in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1828 - 230 pages
...divide as in whole numhers. Point off as many places for decimals frum the right hand of the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. NOTE 1 — If there are not so many figures in ihe quotient a' the numher of decimal places required,... | |
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... from the right hand of -the quotient, ..point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places In the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
