 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.  The Pilot Arithmetics - Page 1381923Full view - About this book
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...product is equal to the number of decimal places in both of the factors. BULB. 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.... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 404 pages
...is 5904 thousandths, or 5.904. 2D. 24.6 x .24 = *tf x ^ = !§8* = 5-904. RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both factors. Prefix ciphers to the product if it does not contain the required number of figures.... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 398 pages
...product directly under tlie figure of the multiplier which produces it. 3. Add these partial products and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in the multiplicand, and the result will be the true product. 62. PROOF. Multiply the multiplier by the multiplicand,... | |
 | Bothwell Graham - Arithmetic - 1895 - 240 pages
...Multiply the numerators together as though they were integers. II. To find the denominator of the product. Point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both factors, prefixing when necessary zeros to supply the deficiency. 2. Divide... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1895 - 324 pages
...as there are in both factors. 18. Multiply .253 by .35. oco Multiply as in whole numbers, and paint off as many decimal places in the product ."" as there are in both multiplicand and mul1265 tiplier. If there are not enough figures in 759 the product to fill the... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1896 - 452 pages
...rule for "pointing" the product. RULE. In Multiplication of Decimal Fractions, .multiply as in simple numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in multiplicand and multiplier. 189. PROBLEMS. Multiply : •1. .542 by 58. 3. .00436 by .8. 5. 6.028J... | |
 | Edwin Crawford Hewett - Arithmetic - 1896 - 312 pages
...multiplier had been hundredths; then how many in each? Do you see, then, that there will always be just as many decimal places in the product as there are in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together? Remember this. Now multiply twelve tenths by three hundredths.... | |
 | Heinrich Borchert Lübsen - Algebra - 1897 - 364 pages
...with the multiplication exactly as with whole numbers, paying no attention to the decimal point ; then point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both the factors together. If the product has fewer places than this requires, supply the deficiency... | |
 | Middlesex Alfred Bailey - Arithmetic - 1897 - 332 pages
...thousandths from 0 thousandths we cannot take ; etc. 12.902 MULTIPLICATION Multiply as in integers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. 61. Multiply .473 by .23, and explain. .473 To... | |
 | Military art and science - 1897 - 354 pages
...multiplication of decimals you may multiply the decimals together the same as in whole numbers, taking care to point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both the multiplier and multiplicand ; and the reason for this is that if you change both to common... | |
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