 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...divide by 2. See margin. RULE. When the divisor IMS naughts on the right, remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are naughts on the right of the divisor; cancel the naughts, and divide by the remaining figure or figures.... | |
 | Claudius Crozet - Arithmetic - 1857 - 192 pages
...10, 100, 1000, &c., times (which is in fact dividing it by these numbers), remove the units' point as many places to the left as there are zeros in the divisor; and if there be not so many figures, complete their number by introducing Os between the number and... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...divisor is 10, 100, 1000, etc., the quotient may be obtained, at once, by removing the decimal point in the dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in th« divisor. For, since the value denoted by figures is multiplied by 10 by re moving the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1872 - 236 pages
...second method, prefix ciphers. 2. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 3. If there is a remainder after carrying the work as far as desired, the sign... | |
 | Daniel O'Sullivan - 1872 - 382 pages
...obtained. 65. Rule for Simple Division, (i.) when the divisor is a power of 10 : Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. Take the resulting number for quotient, in which case there will be no " remainder... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...divisor is 10, 100, 1000, etc., the quotient may be obtained, at once, by removing the decimal point in the dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in tht divisor. For, since the value denoted by figures is multiplied by 10 by re moving the... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...places, unless great accuracy is required. 5. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor (113). Find the value of 9: 75ч- .75. 10. .75 ч- 75. 11. 7.5 ч- .75. 12.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...places, unless great accuracy is required. 5. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor (113). Find the value of 9. 75 -f- .75. 10. .75 -r- 75. 11. 7.5 -H. 75. 12.... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...26384 x 98. 9. 4397 x 998. 470. PKOB. IV.— To divide by 1O, 1OO, 1OOO, etc. Move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, prefixing ciphers when necessary. Perform the division in the following : 1.... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1878 - 332 pages
...Hence, when the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, etc., we may find the quotient by moving the decimal point of the dividend as many places to the left as there are zeros in the divisor. 46. There are 100 cents in a dollar ; how many dollars are there in 2742 cents ? in 12367 cents ? 1st... | |
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To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
