ARITHMETIC 



EXAMPLES, 



(1) 

 91-78 



•38 r 



917S 



73424 

 ^7534 



34-96818: 



2. What is the product of 520*3 and •417 ? 



Ans. 216-9651. 



3. What is the product of 51*6 and 21 ? Ans. 1083*6. 



4. What is the product of '2^7 and '0431 ? 



Ans. '0093527, 



5. What is the product of '051 and '0091 ? 



Ans. '0004641. 



Note. When decimals are to be multiplied by 10, or lOo, or 

 loco, &c. that is, by i with any number of cyphers, It is 

 done by only moving the decimal point so many places fur- 

 ther to the right hand, as there are cyphers in the said mul- 

 tiplier ; subjoining cyphers if there be not so many figures, 



EXAMPLES. 



1. The product of 51*3 and 10 is 513. 



2. The product of 2*714 and 100 is 271*4. 



3. The product of '9163 and 1000 is 916*3. 



4. The product of 21*31 and loooois- 213100. 



CONTRACTION. 



When the product ivoiild contahi several more dechnals than are 

 neccessary for the purpose in handy the luork may he much cm-^ 

 tractedy and only the proper number of decimals retained* 



RULE. 

 1. Set the unit figure of the multiplier under such deci- 

 mal place o£ the multiplicand as you intend the last of your 



product 



