confequently, when the number of decimal 
figures in the divifor and dividend is equal, 
the quotient will be whole numbers. 
4,2)612,318(145,79 
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In the dividend there are 3 decimal fi- 
gures j in the divifor, but one: therefore, 
according to the above rule, I point off 
two figures in the quotient for decimals, 
the reft being whole numbers. 
We come now to the Divifion of Alge- 
braic quantities. 
Firjiy you are to remember that (as in 
Multiplication) fimilar figns give -f- and dif- 
fimilar in the quotient. Secondly, that 
when fimilar quantities occur both in the 
divifor and in the dividend, thefe quantities 
may 
