| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1849 - 438 pages
...RULE FOR COMPUTING INTEREST. I. FOR ONE YEAR. Multiply 'Ju principal by the given rate, and from tJie product point off as many figures for decimals, as there are decimal places in both factors. (Art. 324.) v II. FOR TWO OR MORS YEARS. Multiply tJie interest of 1 year by the given number of years.... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1849 - 344 pages
...two factors after the same manner as in whole numbers; then point off, from the right of the product, as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both the factors. If there are not so many places of figures, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1850 - 352 pages
...Multiply the given decimal by 20, as . f> ..QO if it were a whole pound, because 20s. 20 make £1, and point off as many figures for decimals, as there are decimal places shil. 2.460 hi the multiplier and multiplicand. 12 (Art. 191.) The product is in shillings pence 5.520... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 356 pages
...factors after the same manner as in whole numbers ; then point off, from the right of the product, as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both the factors. If there are not so many places of figures, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.... | |
| Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...12.51110 B.0LE. — Multiply as in simple numbers, and point off in the product, from the right hand, as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors ; and if there be not so many in the product, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. EXAMPLES... | |
| Mathew Wilson - 1854 - 210 pages
...factors under ench other, and multiply as in whole numbers ; then point off from the right of the product as many figures for decimals, as there are decimal places in both factors ; when the product has not so many places, supply the defect by writing ciphers before it. When the... | |
| Andrew Carrick (accountant.) - Ready-reckoners - 1856 - 34 pages
...no value. Multiplication is performed as in whole numbers. Point off from the right of the product as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors. When the product has not to many places, supply the deficiency by putting ciphers on the left, before... | |
| Daniel Leach - 1857 - 314 pages
...MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. 117. RuLEA Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off from the right of the product as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors. PROOF. Multiplication of decimals may be proved in the same manner as multiplication of whole numbers,... | |
| Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...Rule for Multiplication. — Multiply as in Simple Numbers ; point off from the right of the product as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier ; if there be not so many places in the product. supply the deficiency... | |
| David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...right-hand figures of the multiplicand, and multiply as before ; point off on the right of the product as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors ; if you have not enough, prefix ciphers to the product. PROOF. — As before. EXAMPLES. 65. Multiply 46.22... | |
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