 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1785 - 350 pages
...obtained, then obferve the following R' ULE S. 1 . Strike off fa many Figures from the Right Hand of the Product as there are Decimal Places in the Multiplier and Multiplicand. 2. But if there are not fo many Figures in the Product, fupply the Deficiency by prefixing Cyphers... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - Arithmetic - 1822 - 200 pages
...decimals multiplied, aid what is the rule for placing the point in the product ? When there are not as many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the factors, what is to be done ? What is the rule for multiplying decimals by contraction ? How is division... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1828 - 238 pages
...decimals as there are decimal places in hoth the factors counted together. JVoie. If there he not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the factors, make up the deficiency hy prefixing ciphers. QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE. i-23,i14. I DECIMALS.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 182 pages
...decimals as there are decimal places in both the factors counted together. Note. If there be not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the factors, make up the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE. 5. If a box of sugar... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...for decimal places, as there are decimals in both the multiplier and multiplicand. If there be not as many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand, make up the deficiency by annexing ciphers to the left of the product, as in Example 2nd. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Edward Baylis - Annuities - 1844 - 196 pages
....03807 „ 2.098 2.08973 = .00827 II. 1. To multiply decimals. Multiply as in whole numbers, and cut off as many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier together ; supplying any deficiency of figures which may occur in the product... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 332 pages
...decimals, in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier. If there lie not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. — When a decimal number... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1859 - 334 pages
...decimals, in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier. If there le not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supply the deficiency l»j prefixing ciphers. NOTE. — When a decimal... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...•25 2.5 x .25= H x TVff = i "& = .625. .625 Ans. RTTLE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off" as many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier. Note. — If there are not enough figures in the product, prefix ciphers.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...decimals, in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier. If there be not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. — To multiply a decimal... | |
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Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals, in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier. 
