2L'-t MODERN BUTTER MAKING. 



When there are more decimal places in the sub- 

 trahend than in the minuend place ciphers in the 

 minuend above them and subtract as before. 



9. Division of decimals. In this process we do not 

 pay any attention to the decimal point until the 

 division is performed, but divide exactly as in whole 

 numbers. When divisor contains more decimal 

 places than the dividend annex ciphers to the divi- 

 dend until the number of decimal places in the divi- 

 dend equals the number of decimal places in the 

 divisor before dividing. Now subtract the number 

 of decimal places in the divisor from the number of 

 decimal places in the dividend and point off as many 

 places in the quotient as there are units in the re- 

 mainder, as shown in the solution of the following 

 examples : 



10. Examples for illustration, 

 (a). Divide .840 by 30. 



(1) (2) (3) 

 30.). 840 (.028 Ans. 

 60 



240 



240 



(1) Divisor. 



(2) Dividend. 



(3) Quotient. 



In this example it was necessary to prefix only 

 one cipher to 28 (or quotient), because there are 

 only 3 decimal places in the dividend and none in 

 the divisor. 



