258 FRACTIONS DECIMALS. 



or integers directly under each other from the decimal 

 point to the left, and the decimals from the decimal point 

 to the right, as in the following example : 



12.75 



24.027 

 14.5 



16.1278 



67.4048 



To subtract decimals. 



Set the whole numbers and decimals under each other, as 

 directed above, and proceed as in common subtraction, as 

 in the following example : 



75.15 



28.875 



46.275 



To multiply decimals. 



Set the figures and multiply as in common multiplication, 

 and point off in the product as many decimals as there are 

 decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand, as in 

 the following example : 



23.25 

 22.15 



11625 

 2325 

 4650 

 4650 



514.9875 



