 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1852 - 600 pages
...OF DECIMALS• RULE- — Divide as in whole numbers ; and point off in the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisorWhen the places of the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, let the defect be supplied... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1853 - 622 pages
...thousandth. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 120. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right of the quotient as many figures for decimals as the...places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; and if there be not as many, make the number equal by prefixing ciphers to the quotient. PROOF. Division... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1853 - 318 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in 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. EXAMPLE.— Divide... | |
 | Charles D. Lawrence - Arithmetic - 1854 - 336 pages
...diminished by the number in the divisor. Hence, fur the division of decimals, we have the following Divide as in whole numbers ; and point off from the right hand of the quotient as many decimal places, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. When the number... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...above rule is equivalent to the following : Annex as many O's to the dividend as may be necessary ; divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right hand of the result, as many places of decimals as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number... | |
 | Andrew Carrick (accountant.) - Ready-reckoners - 1856 - 34 pages
...Divide as in whole numbers, and for decimals, from the right of the quotient, point off as та' figures as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; when there are not so many figures i quotient, supply the defect by prefixing ciphers ; or, 18 DECIMAI.... | |
 | Daniel Leach - 1857 - 314 pages
...120. RUJ,E. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the right of the quotient as many figtires for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; and if there be not as many, make the number equal by prefixing ciphers to the quotient. PROOF. Division... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
....008 Ans. 250. *7. Divide 37.2 by 5. Ans. 7.44 • General Rule for Division. — Divide as in Simple Numbers, and point off" from the right hand of the quotient as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; if there be... | |
 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...integers and decimals. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor : if you have not enough figures in the quotient, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. How do you... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1858 - 350 pages
...DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off in 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. EXAMPLE. — Divide... | |
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RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, 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. 
