 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 ciphers.  Introduction to arithmetic - Page 81by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2. A number is reduced to a HIGHER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the LEFT as there are ciphers in the divisor. MEASURES OP LENGTH. 109. The Meter is the unit of length ; it is legal in the... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so DD. Eule : To divide a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers if necessary. Thus, 7-63 -=-100000 = -0000763. EXERCISE IX.... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...as there are ciphers in the multiplier. (2O3.) 6. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. (3O4.) Find the value of 36. 4. 65 x. 025 x. 08. 37. 7. 6 x. 045 x 13 x. 0002.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...the removal two places divides by 100. RULE. — To divide by 1, with any number of ciphers annexed, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers annexed to the 1. 27. Divide 392.5 by 100. 30. Divide 4.825 by 100. 28. Divide 26.45 by 10.... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 224 pages
...must be regarded as decimal places of the dividend. 3. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the dividend, if necessary. EXAMPLES. 144. 1. Divide three... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 368 pages
...division to three or four decimal places. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc. : Rule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Reduce Tfj to a decimal. 2. Reduce -5-5^ to a decimal.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...carrying the division to three decimal places. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc. : Bule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. LESSON XXIV. REVIEW PROBLEMS. 1. Express decimally 2£ hundredths. 2. Express... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...annexed are decimals to the dividend. To divide by any number expressed by 1 and any number of ciphers, remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. - JO00 =74.864 To Divide by adding the Difference of 10, 100, 1000, etc. when... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884 - 958 pages
...considerations will make it clear that to divide a decimal by a ny poner of 10, wo have only to shift the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's in the given power of 10, making up the required number of places by prefixing O's to the significant... | |
 | Richard Oscar T. Thorpe - 1885 - 168 pages
...partly integral and partly fractional, expressed in the decimal notation, by any power of ten, move the decimal point as many places to the left as there are cyphers in the power of ten." 2. How can vulgar fractions be compared ? 3. If the telegraph-posts by... | |
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