14 DECIMALS 



16. Division of decimals is made easier by making the 

 divisor a whole number. 



EXERCISE 



1. $75-5-15 will give dollars in the quotient. How many ? 



2. 75 bu. -T- 15 will give bushels in the quotient. How 

 many ? 



3. 75yd. -4-15 will give yards in the quotient. How 

 many ? 



4. 75 gal. -r- 15 will give gallons in the quotient. How 

 many ? 



5. .75 -f-15 will give hundredths in the quotient. How 

 many? 



6. .075 -f-15 will give thousandths in the quotient. How 

 many ? 



7. .0075 -f-15 will give ten-thousandths in the quotient. 

 How many ? 



The divisor is an abstract and whole number, and the 

 quotient in each case takes its name from the dividend. 

 Making use of this principle in the division of decimals, 

 always make the divisor a whole number by multiplying 

 both the dividend and divisor by such a number as will 

 make the divisor a whole number. 



EXAMPLE. .1875 ~ .25 = .75. 



25)18.75(.75 

 17 5 

 125 

 1 25 



The divisor is made an integer by moving the decimal 

 point two places to the right in both dividend and divisor. 

 The quotient is hundredths, the same as the dividend. 



