 Place the divisor to the left of the dividend and proceed as in division of whole numbers ; in the quotient, point off as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing...  Higher Book - Page 86by William Seneca Sutton - 1896Full view - About this book
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...divisor. Therefore, II. The quotient of one number divided by another in the decimal form must contain as many decimal places as the number -of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number in the divisor. 1. Divide 34.368 by 5.37. OPER vriosr ANALYSIS. We first divide as... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...following RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. '• NOTE. — When there are not as many decimal places in the dividend us in the... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...divisor. Rule. — Divide as in simple numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. REMARK. — 1. If necessary prefix ciphers to the quotient ; or affix ciphers to the... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...dii-isoi: Rule. — Divide as in simple numbers, and point off" as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. (57fi). REMARK. — 1. If necessary prefix ciphers to the quotient ; or affix ciphers... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...PRINCIPLES. — 1. The dividend contains as many decimal places as both divisor and quotient. 2. The quotient contains as many decimal places as the number...decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 3. Each removal of the decimal point one place to the left, divides a decimal by 10.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...places as both divisor and quotient. Hence, 2. The quotient must contain as many decimal places as tlie number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor. Hence, 3. When the divisor and dividend contain the same number of decimal places, the quotient is... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 348 pages
...another, Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTES. — 1. When the divisor contains more decimal places than the dividend, supply... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 538 pages
...it contains as many decimal places as both divisor and quotient. Hence, 3. The quotient must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 296. 1. Divide .952 by .7. OPERATIOK. ANALYSIS. — Divide... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 468 pages
...divisor. Therefore, II. The quotient of one number divided by another in the decimal form must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceed the number in the divisor. 1. Divide 34.368 by 5.37. OPERATION. . ANALYSIS. We first divide... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...-n/ro -H -rk - nftre x ^ = -f,; and Therefore, we must point off one figure for a decimal, or as many as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. CASE II. When the number of decimal places in the dividend equals the number in the... | |
| |
