 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 392 pages
...etc., to divide by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Bule. Move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE 1. In order to move the decimal point the required number of places to the left, it may be necessary... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...ciphers in the multiplier. 2. A number is reduced to a HIGHER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the LEFT as there are ciphers in the divisor. MEASURES OP LENGTH. 109. The Meter is the unit of length ; it is legal in the United States at 39.37... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1879 - 134 pages
...«x5=?=6i. To divide by any number expressed by 1 and any number of ciphers, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 74864 -=-1000 =74.864 DECIMALS. The system of Decimal fractions is so pre-eminently simple, that when... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 pages
...x .0005 x -0005 x -0005 to 9 places. § 6. Dmsiox. CASK L By a power of 10. Shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary, and curtail the decimal thus obtained. Т^-нЮО to 5 places. Ai-100... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1881 - 446 pages
...directly over that in the dividend. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. To divide by .1, .01, .001, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 200 pages
...13.26. That is, — 77. When the divisor is 10, 100, etc. The quotient may be obtained by simply moving the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as títere are ciphers in the divisor. Divide — 137. 2975 by 10. 139. 1901 by 100. 138. 4576 by 100.... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...ciphers in the multiplier. (2O3.) 6. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. (3O4.) Find the value of 36. 4. 65 x. 025 x. 08. 37. 7. 6 x. 045 x 13 x. 0002. 38. 6.45 x 100 xj of... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 416 pages
...„ OXKC ber by ten, two places to the left divides it by 100, etc. S' ' Hence, the RULE. — Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left, as there are ciphers in the divisor. (Art. 34, 3°.) Perform the following divisions as indicated : 25. 24.25 -=-100. 28. 0.08534-=-1000.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1882 - 376 pages
...directly over that in the dividend. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. To divide by .1, .01, .001, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...removals by 1000, and so on. That is, 75. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Move the decimal point of the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 109. Divide 5824 by 160. 36.4 36IVW Solution. — 160 is 16 X 16.0) 582.4 16|0) 582|4 10. Dividing... | |
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When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, etc., the quotient may be obtained, at once, by removing the decimal point in the dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
