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" The denominator of a decimal, though never expressed, is always the unit, 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the decimal. "
The Mechanic's Calculator: Comprehending Principles, Rules, and Tables in ... - Page 23
by William Grier - 1839 - 344 pages
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A Course of Mathematics ...: Designed for the Use of the Officers ..., Volume 1

Isaac Dalby - Mathematics - 1807 - 476 pages
...g-:>7OT3*i as before. The arithmetical complement of any number is the difference between that number and 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the number; thus the arithmetical complement of 57 is 43, which is the difference ofs/ and 100; and therefore...
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The Youth's Assistant in Theoretick and Practical Arithmetic

Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...any number whatever, but the denominator of the latter, when expressed, is always 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the decimal. The least common multiple is the least number, which can be so divided without a remainder....
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The North American Arithmetic: Part Second, Uniting Oral and Written ...

Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 344 pages
...written : the numerator is written with a point prefixed to it, and the denominator is understood to be a 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator. Thus, .3 is ^; .31 is -j3J5; .316 is 3JL6 . Iooo> 1. Write upon the slate, the decimals expressing the tollowino-...
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A brief compendium of arithmetic

Benjamin Snowden - 1835 - 108 pages
...A. £4 17s. lid. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. DECIMAL FRACTIONS have an unit understood for their denominator, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator ; and are written with a point prefixed, as '2, -34, -064. which are re.ul thus; -2, twotenths ; 34,...
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The Mechanic's Calculator: Comprehending Principles, Rules, and Tables in ...

William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 384 pages
...place ; that is, -003. Take, now, Taand 155 » adding, then,, by No. 6, we get j^?, simplified il, which, written with the point is simply -4,6. We may...number, and a denominator consisting of 1, with as many cyphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator : thus, -3034 is the same thing as ^ . 16. These...
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Treatise on Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice: With an Appendix, Containing ...

James Thomson (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1837 - 296 pages
...fraction in the septenary scale of notation, whose denominator in that scale may be expressed by a unit with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator. -Atisw. The numerator will be -381361361, &c. or -S'ei-. 26. If a merchant each year increase his capital...
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Practical Mercantile Arithmetic: In which the Theory and Practice of ...

Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 298 pages
...What, then, will always be the denominator of a decimal fraction ? A. It will always be an unit or 1, with as many ciphers annexed, as there are figures in the decimal expression. Q. From what do decimal fractions arise, and how are they produced ? A. They, like...
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The elements of algebra

Andrew Bell (writer on mathematics.) - 1839 - 500 pages
...for finding the arithmetical complement is the same as this : — 1 Subtract the given number from 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the number, and prefix 1 to the remainder.1 When logarithms are to be subtracted, it is often, but not...
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A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of ...

Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...Fraction to a Vulgar. RULE. Write down the given decimal, as a numerator, and for a denominator, write 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator, and then reduce the fraction to its lowest terms. (See page 65.) 1. Reduce .25 to a vulgar fraction....
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The Mechanic's Calculator: Comprehending Principles, Rules, and Tables in ...

William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...; that is, -003. Take, now, -^ and T § lr ; adding, then, by No. 6, we get-^,%-, simplified T ^y, which, written with the point, is simply -46. We may...in the numerator: thus, -3034 is the same thing as T 3 <£, 3 oV relation to one another as those on the other,—every figure on the one side of the...
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