 | D. M. Garrett - Arithmetic - 1886 - 210 pages
...Ans. .8571+. " i " " n 2 ** ** MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS. RULE. — Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right of the product point off as many...figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. If there are not figures enough in the product, prefix ciphers. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...general directions for the multiplication of decimals: 1 . Multiply as in wlwle number* and from tht right of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. 2. If the product does not contain as many decimal places as both... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...Jiulf, — Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right of the product point off as many figures as there are decimal places in both factors. If the product does not contain as many figures as both multiplicand and multiplier, prefix ciphers to supply the deficiency. Note.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...decimal places, and the decimal point - is placed before the fifth figure counting from the right .14178 (Prin.). RULE. — Multiply as if the numbers were...places in both factors. If the product does not contain as many figures as there are decimals in both factors, the deficiency must be supplied by prefixing... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 238 pages
...= ^Vb which written decimally is .125. Rule. Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors. 1. IÍ there are not as many figures In the product as there are dеcimale in both factors, supply... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...multiplier. RULE. — Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point of as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors. 1. If there are not aa many figures in the product as there are decimals in both factors, supply the... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1895 - 476 pages
...decimal places, and the decimal point is placed before the fifth figure counting from the right .14178 RULE. — Multiply as if the numbers were integers,...places in both factors. If the product does not contain as many figures as there are decimals in both factors, the deficiency must be supplied by prefixing... | |
 | James M. Cook - 1897 - 216 pages
...multiplied by tenths produce thousandths, point off three decimal places; or, multiply as in whole cumbers, and from the right of the product point off as many...decimals as there are decimal places in both factors. ,5 = A Therefore, .25 .125 2. Multiply .04 by 6. 3. Multiply .25 by .7. 4. Multiply 7.5 by 4. 5. Multiply... | |
 | Military art and science - 1897 - 354 pages
...same result. Hence the " Multiply the- numbers together the same as in whole numbers, and beginning at the right of the product point off" as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both multiplier and multiplicand. " Should there not be as many figures in the product as there are decimal... | |
 | Floyd Davis - Mining engineering - 1900 - 148 pages
...factors under each other and multiply them together, as in whole numbers. Then from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors, and when there are not enough figures for this purpose, prefix enough ciphers to supply the deficiency.... | |
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Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors. 
