 | Malcolm MacVicar - 1878 - 266 pages
...obtain the following rule for finding a number when a decimal part of it is given : 503. RULE.—Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are places in the given decimal, annexing ciphers if necessary, and divide the result bij the number expressed... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1882 - 416 pages
...it by a hundred, etc., to multiply by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, Rule. Move the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. NOTE. If there are not as many decimal places in the multiplicand as ciphers... | |
 | George Ricks - 1879 - 420 pages
...we are able to deduce the following rule : — To multiply a decimal by 10 or any power of 10, shift the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. II. To MULTIPLY DECIMAL FRACTIONS BY ANY OTHER DECIMAL FRACTIONS. Example... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - 1881 - 406 pages
...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. (2OÏÎ.) o. To divide a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, etc., move the decimal... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 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... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - 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 are ciphers in the multiplier, annexing ciphers to the multiplicand, if necessary. EXAMPLES. 141. 1. Multiply... | |
 | William James Milne - 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... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - 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... | |
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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. 
