 | New York (N.Y.). Superintendent of Schools - Education - 1900 - 480 pages
...Explain why, in the multiplication of two decimals, the number of decimal places to be pointed off in the product is equal to the sum of the decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. ( 4 ) 3. Solve both (a) and (b) by analysis: (a) Divide $768 between A and B so that A will have seven-ninths... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 456 pages
...Observe again the fact that when a problem in multiplication of decimals has been solved accurately, the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the number of decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together. This fact should be used... | |
 | Alvord D. Robinson - Arithmetic - 1902 - 652 pages
...Explain why, in the multiplication of two decimals, the number of decimal places to be pointed off in the product is equal to the sum of the decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. (*) 3. Solve both (a) and (b) by analysis: — (a) Divide $768 between A and B so that A will have... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1903 - 398 pages
...Arithmetic, Book II., p. 133, note. 110. Observe that when a multiplication of decimals is complete, the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the number of decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. 111. PROBLEMS. 1. Multiply 324.6 by .7.... | |
 | John Henry Moore, George Washington Miner - Business mathematics - 1906 - 476 pages
...by simply moving the decimal point in the product two places to the left, the result is 1.64508. It will be seen that the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. It should not be necessary to memorize the above... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1906 - 364 pages
...Since 0.s on the right of a decimal do not affect its value, we may omit the 0 on the right. Observe that the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the number in the multiplicand plus the number in the multiplier. Test. — Multiply the multiplier by... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1906 - 364 pages
...Since 0's on the right of a decimal do not affect its value, we may omit the 0 on the right. Observe that the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the number in the multiplicand plus the number in the multiplier. Test. — Multiply the multiplier by... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1906 - 302 pages
...area of a rectangle 1.2 in. by .5 in. ; 7 ft. by .3 ft.; 1.5 ft. by .4 ft. ; 1.1 rd. by .9 rd. 250. The number of decimal places in the product is equal to the number of decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. WRITTEN EXERCISES 251. 1. Multiply .63... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1908 - 314 pages
...performing the operation. The answer to the foregoing should be less than 46, for .93 is less than 1. The number of decimal places in the product is equal to the number in the multiplicand added to the number in the multiplier. 2. 9.76x15.4 9. 7.37 x. 648 3. 37.68... | |
 | James Charles Byrnes, Julia Richman, John Storm Roberts - Arithmetic - 1911 - 280 pages
...How can we tell how many decimal places to point off in the product ? 5. Multiply : 167. PRINCIPLE. The number of decimal places in the product is equal...decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. RULE. To multiply one decimal by another, multiply as with whole numbers and point off as many places... | |
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In multiplication of decimals, we know that the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the sum of those in both the factors. 
