 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...1000. 26. 1 hundredth -^-4 millionths. Ans. 2500. 27. 1.5 -=-.7 Ans. 2. 142857+ ART. 184. To divide a Decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor : And, if there are not so many figures on the left of the... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...NUMBERS. To change a metrit number from a unit of a higher to a unit of a lower denomination. Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...3V> change a metric number from a unit of a hiyticr to a unit of a lower denomination, Rule. — Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are O's following the 1 in the number expressing the units of the lower denomination that it takes to make... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...dollar mark and the decimal point. For, multiplying by 10, 100, etc., has the same effect, removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier (Art. 30). Examples. 4. In $162 how many mills ? Ans. 162000 mills. 5. In $1.62 how many cents ? Ans.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1870 - 336 pages
...decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supply the deficiency by prefixciphers. NOTE. — To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove...to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers. Thus, 1 .25 X 10 = 12.5 ; and 1.7... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...supply the deficiency by prefixing decimal ciphers. 2. To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. NOTE. — If there be not enough decimal places in the product, supply the deficiency by annexing ciphers.... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1870 - 276 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so on. Rule : To multiply a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, adding ciphers if necessary. Thus : 7-63x100000 = 763000. EXERCISE VI. By vulgar fractions and by decimals... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...denomination. Since the multiplier is always 10, 100, 1000, &c., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce SM 32.58 to millimetres. 2. Reduce 4M 5 to decimetres.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...not terminate, the sign plus ( + ) can be used. NOTE 3. — When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...denomination. Since the multiplier is always 10, 100, 1000, &c., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers ia the multiplier, annexing ciphers •when necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. Reduce "M 32.58 to... | |
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To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers. 
