 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...in the dividend diminished by Hie number in the divisor. Rule. — Divide as in simple numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. REMARK. — 1. If necessary prefix ciphers to the quotient ; or affix ciphers to the dividend. 2. When... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...in the dividend diminished by the number in the dii-isoi: Rule. — Divide as in simple numbers, and point off" as many decimal places in the quotient...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. (57fi). REMARK. — 1. If necessary prefix ciphers to the quotient ; or affix ciphers to the dividend.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...decimal by another : RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many ^figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. Ex. 1. Divide 5.12 by .8. OPERATION. PROOF. .8 ) 5.1 2 (6.4 The mixed number... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...Art. 140. ROLES. — 1. To divide one decimal by another, Divide as in the division of integers, and point off" as many decimal places in the quotient...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTES. — 1. When the divisor contains more decimal places than the dividend, supply the deficiency... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...10. 127. RULES. — 1. To divide one decimal by 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 Hie dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTES. — 1. When the divisor contains more decimal... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 348 pages
...10. 127. RULES. — 1. To divide one decimal by another, Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTES. — 1. When the divisor contains more decimal places than the dividend, supply the deficiency... | |
 | 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 divisor. EXAMPLE.... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1877 - 128 pages
...quotient, in order that it may contain six decimal places. RULE. Divide .as in whole, numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor, but if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. Find the quotient in each... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...explanation we derive the following rule for division of decimals. RULE. Divide as in simple numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as...decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of those in the divisor. NOTE. — If the number of decimal places in the divisor exceeds the number... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...annexing ciphers to the dividend when needed to continue the division. III. Point off as many decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. NOTES. — 1. We may divide, regarding the divisor as a whole number, and then change the position... | |
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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. 
