 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1878 - 266 pages
...decimal places in both numbers. Hence 981 we multiply the numbers as if integers, as shown in ogj Q (3), and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are decimal places in both numbers. DIVISION. PREPARATORY PROPOSITIONS. 358. PROP. I.— When the divisor... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 482 pages
...number must contain 3 figures ; but since there are decimals in both factors, there must be decimals in the product — as many decimal places as there are in both the multiplier and multiplicand together. In 29-42 are two decimal places, and in 8*6 one ; hence in tho product three decimal places... | |
 | George E. Seymour - Arithmetic - 1880 - 332 pages
...times 512 too large ; by Third Principle, the product thus obtained RULE. — Multiply as in simple numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. If the product of the significant figures in both factors does not give... | |
 | R. M. Milburn - Mathematics - 1880 - 116 pages
...troy. 2. MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. — Multiply the decimals together as in whole numbers, and mark off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplicand and multiplier together, prefixing ciphers, if necessary. 3. DIVISION OF DECIMALS.... | |
 | Montagu H. Foster - 1881 - 182 pages
...7-2134, 84-2Í30, 217-908, 21-36459?. MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. Multiply as in whole numbers. Mark off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and the multiplicand together. If there be not a sufficient number of decimal places... | |
 | Edward Henslowe Bedford - 1882 - 680 pages
...fijnrcs in tlui dic'uion of decimals ? £ gd Multi])ly 2 16 10 -75 by 144-33 Divide 9753 14 8£ by 234-51 Point off in the product as many decimal places as there are decimal places in both the multiplicand and the multiplier; if there are not figures enough supply... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1886 - 392 pages
...and two more places for the decimal in the multiplier. In the multiplication of decimals, therefore, point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplicand and multiplier taken together. 83. By putting the units' figure of the multiplier... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...represent thousandths, the denominator of the answer. 495. Rule for Multiplication of Decimals. — Multiply as in whole numbers and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplicand and the multiplier together. 496. Find the products in the following' : 497. Oral... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 242 pages
...product. 280. To multiply a decimal fraction by a whole number multiply as with integers, and then point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in the multiplicand. 281. To multiply any number by 10, 100, 1000, etc. 1. Find the product of .006 multiplied... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1893 - 242 pages
...one or both factors have decimal places : Multiply without regard to the decimal point. Afterwards point off in the product as many decimal places as there are decimal places in the two factors together. Thus: Multiply 20.15 by 0.05. 20.15 0.05 1.0075 We multiply... | |
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Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both factors. 
