 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...10, 100, or 1000, the work can be shortened by simply moving the point. 2. In multiplying, move the point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. Thus; $12.50 = 1250 cents; $2.255 = 2255 mills. 3. In dividing, move the point as many places to the... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 pages
...two places; by 1000, three places, and so on. Rule : To multiply a decimal by any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier, adding ciphers if necessary. Thus : 7-63x100000 = 763000. EXERCISE VI. By vulgar fractions and by decimals... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...principles are derived : PRINCIPLES. — 1. A number is reduced to a LOWER denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to the RIGHT as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 2. A number is reduced to a HIGHEE denomination by removing the decimal point as many places to ll,e... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...456 thousandths by 6 hundredths; by 12 ten-thousandths. a. To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal point as many places to the right 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... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 224 pages
...are decimal places in the two factors. NOTE. — To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there...annexing ciphers to the multiplicand, if necessary. EXAMPLES. 141. 1. Multiply three hundred and forty-four ten-thousandths hy twelve thousandths. 2. Multiply... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...PP places multiplies by 100. RULE. — To multiply by 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers annexed to the 1. • 24. Multiply 28.63 by 10. 27. Mutliply .384 by 100. 25. Multiply 38.295 by 100.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 450 pages
...the number by 100, etc. Hence, the Ans. 450.600 EULE. — Move the decimal point in the multiplicand as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the •multiplier. (Art. 91.) 21. Mult. 46.3842 by 1000. 23. Mult. 25.46 by 1000. 22. Mult. 6.42302 by 1000. 24. Mult,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 212 pages
...to the multiplicand as there are zeros in the multiplier ; when the multiplicand contains a decimal, move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are zeros in the multiplier. How many are 2. 78 X 10 ? 6. 3.15 x 100 ? 10. $ 7.35 x 100 ? 3. 162 x 100... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...deficiency by prefixing decimal ciphers. 2. To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc.: Bule. — Remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. LESSON XXIII. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. 1. How many times are 2 tenths contained in 8 tenths? 3 tenths... | |
 | Daniel O'Sullivan - 1883 - 442 pages
...Regard the Divisor as a whole number, and make a corresponding change in the Dividend (by removing the decimal point as many places to the right as there are decimal figures in the Divisor) ; then, proceed as already directed. [§ 68, or § 66 (6) — as the... | |
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To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers. 
