 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...' • DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. \ I. The places of the decimal parts of the divisor and fjaotient counted together, must always be equal to those in...dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing cyphers to the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1817 - 252 pages
...always be equal to those in the dividend, therefore divide as in whole numbers, and from the rhrht hand of the quotient, point off so many places for...places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. Jf the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, .supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1817 - 214 pages
...OF DECIMALS. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point ofl' as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the places of the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...,425 -j by 100, makes 42,5 (. by 1000, is 425, For ,425X10 is 4,250, &c. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. ; RULE. in the dividend, therefore divide as in whole numbers,...dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing cyphers to the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...therefore divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places lor decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing cyphers to the... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...in, both the divisor and quotient ; therefore point off for decimal* in the quotient so many figures, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the figures in the quotient are not so many as the rule, requires, supply the defect by prefixing cyphers.... | |
 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...1 . Divide, as in whole numbers, and point off from the right hand of the quotient as many figures for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; if there be not so many figures in the quotient, supply the defect by adding ciphers io the left hand*.... | |
 | John Davidson, Robert Scott (writing master) - Arithmetic - 1818 - 190 pages
...Divide as in whole numbers, and for decimals from Hie right of the quotient point off as many figures as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; when there are not so winy figures iu the quotient, supply the. defect by prefixing ciphers. ll2le.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1821 - 244 pages
...,425x10 is 4,250, &c. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. RULE. 1. The places of the decimal parts of the divisor *nd quotient counted together, must always be equal to...places for decimals, as the decimal places in the divi dend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...in the product. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DIVIDE as in whole numbers ; and point off in the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.* » The reason of ihU Rule is evident ; for, since the divisor multiplied by the quotient pvc.s the... | |
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... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
