 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1837 - 632 pages
...do you cut off the cipher, or ciphers, at the right hand of the divisor ? Hesitates. Or, why do you cut off as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right hand of the divisor 1 Hesitates again. In subtraction if the lower figure is the largest... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1831 - 282 pages
...RULE I. What, then, is the rule for dividing by 10, 100, &c. ? A. Cut off as many places or figures at the right hand of the dividend, as there are ciphers in the divisor. II. What are the figures cut off?. A. The remainder III. What are the other figures ? A. The quotient.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...and, generally, ///. To divide by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of eiphers annexed: RULE. — Cut off as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor; those on the left will be the quotient, and those on the right, the remainder. 8. Divide 46832101 by... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 182 pages
...and, general!r» ///. To divide by 10, IC0, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed: RULE. — Cut off as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there arc ciphers in the divisor; those on the left _the quotient, and those on the right, the remainder,... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...4|00)640|00 400 160 160 2400 2400 00000 If the divisor only is terminated by ciphers, cut them off, and cut off, as many figures from the right hand of the dividend. Divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the significant figures of the divisor as usual. If... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...cut off from the dividend, on the right of the remainder. When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, fyc., cut off as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor; the other figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and the figures cut off will be the remainder.... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...in 91 621? 13. How many times 9060 are there in 287 000 ? When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, SfC., cut off as many figures from the right hand of the...dividend, as there are ciphers in the divisor; the other figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and the figures cut off will be the remainder.... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...off from thf dividend, and you will have the true remainder. When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, &c. cut off as many figures from the right hand of the dividend, as there arc ciphers in the divisor ; and those figures, so cut off, are the remainder, and the other figures... | |
 | Benjamin Snowden - 1835 - 108 pages
...12, 6, 7, 8, and 9. RULE 3. — When the Divisor has ciphers on the right hand, cut them off ; also cut off as many figures from the right hand of the Dividend, and divide by the left hand figure or figures of the Divisor. Examples. 2,0)17864,8 12,00)1068764,76... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 306 pages
...with any number of ciphers annexed, as 10, 100, 1000, 10000, &c. Q. What is the RULE in this Case ? A. Cut off as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor, and the figures at the le.ft hand of the cut-off will bo the quotient, and those at the right hand,... | |
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Cut off- as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The remaining figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and those cut off the remainder. 
