 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
 | Robert Wahl, Max Henius - Brewing - 1902 - 1288 pages
...Decimals: 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. Ciphers must be added to the dividend to make its decimal places at least equal to... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 426 pages
...16 we have # = .647 + RULE. Proceed as in division of whole numbers, but point off in the quotient as many decimal places as the number of decimal places...exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient when necessary. NOTE. In division it is usually best to carry on... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1904 - 656 pages
...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...exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary. II. If in dividing one whole number by another there... | |
 | Jacob Henry Minick, Clement Carrington Gaines - Business mathematics - 1904 - 412 pages
...RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 1. If the number of figures in the quotient is less than the number of decimal places... | |
 | William Seneca Sutton, William Herschel Bruce - Arithmetic - 1906 - 296 pages
...3270 .08720 496. To divide decimals by decimals: Divide as in whole numbers. Point off in the quotient as many decimal places as the number of decimal places...exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing noughts when necessary. 501 . Give results : .2x200 .13 + 1.37 2.55 -.15 .05x200 .013 + .037... | |
 | Civil engineering - 1906 - 590 pages
...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 those in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary. II. If in dividing one number... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1906 - 576 pages
...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 those in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary. II. If in dividing one number... | |
 | School of Railway Signaling (Utica, N.Y.) - Railroads - 1910 - 446 pages
...EXPLANATION.—In this problem there are no decimal places in the divisor and three in the dividend; the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor by three, therefore three places must be pointed off in the quotient. (2) Divide 16.33 by 2.3. SOLUTION.—... | |
 | George Soulé - Business mathematics - 1910 - 1042 pages
...hence contains as many decimal places as both the divisor and quotient, 3°. The quotient mnst contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number iu the divisor. 2. Divide 7898.56 by 2.4683. OPERATION. Explanation. — Here we have an excess of... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - 1910 - 392 pages
...OF DECIMALS. 120. RULE. — Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right of the quotient point off as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds th? number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1. Before beginning the division, always have as... | |
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