 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.  Arithmetic - Page 26by Eugene Herz, Mary G. Brants - 1920Full view - About this book
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...the divisor is always 10, 100, 1000, etc., the operation is performed by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. 2. Reduce 40063 liters to hektoliters. Ans. 400.63 HI. 3.... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...NOTE 8.— Decimals are divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by moving the decimal point of the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE 4. — Complex decimals, if terminate, are usually expanded to simple decimals before... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 312 pages
...NOTE 3.—Decimals are divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by moving the decimal point of the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. NOTE 4.—Complex decimals, if terminate, are usually expanded to simple decimals before applying... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...decimal ciphers. 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. REV1EW PROBLEMS. 1. Express decimally 16| thousandths. 2. Change .325 to a common fraction.... | |
 | Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1891 - 362 pages
...with the same principle, a number is divided by 10, 100, 1000, etc., by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. Thus: 57.6-5-10=5.76; 57.6-i-100=.576: 896.4 -=-1000=. 8964... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...3.265f or 3.265 +. Note 2. — 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. Note 3. — Complex decimals should be made pure, or both dividend and divisor reduced to... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1892 - 252 pages
...cents a yard? DECIMALS. Nora.— 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. 602. Find the cost of 3235 pounds of coal... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1893 - 234 pages
...by 10, cutting off two figures divides it by 100, etc. The Decimal Point (Art. 24), by being removed as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, may be used to denote where the cutting off is made, and the remainder will be the part on... | |
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...1000, etc., the quotient may \e obtained, at once, by removing the decimal point in the divi* dend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor^ For, since the value denoted by figures is multiplied by 10 by re moving the decimal point... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1894 - 204 pages
....6254 From' this problem we see that dividing by 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, etc., Removes the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 25. Divide 6875.4 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000. 26. Divide .3 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000. PBACTICAL... | |
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