 | 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... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1842 - 306 pages
...VULGAR FRACTION. iLlttlC. — Write dmen 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 remarks introductory to Decimals.)... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...fraction ; which may be expressed by a numerator which is that number, and a denominator consisting of 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator: thus, -3034 is the same thing as T 3 <£, 3 oV relation to one another as those on the other,—every... | |
 | George Lees - 1843 - 86 pages
...is stated in the last Art., it is obvious that the denominator of a decimal fraction will be unity, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the given numerator. K An S07 Thus, .5, .043, .00307, will be changed into ^, — , and 1(M)000 respectively.... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 266 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 ^5; .31 is -^; .316 is .3JUL j .3164 is T3-1-6-4-, 1. Write upon the slate,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 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 Art. 61.) 1. Reduce .25 to a vulgar... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...separates the decimal from the whole number. 102. The denominator of a decimal fraction, when written, is 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator. 103. The first place at the right of the decimal point is the place of tenths, the second... | |
 | Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - Arithmetic - 1853 - 168 pages
...to write only the numerator of a decimal fraction, with a decimal point prefixed. The denominator is 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator. The first place at the right of the point 'is the fenths' place, the second is the hundredths'... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1853 - 622 pages
...separates the decimal from the whole number. 102. The denominator of a decimal fraction, when written, is 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator. 103. The first place at the right of the decimal point is the place of tenths, the second... | |
 | Andrew Carrick (accountant.) - Ready-reckoners - 1856 - 34 pages
...common fraction, as already stated, by making the figures in the decimal a numerator; the denominator being 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the decimal. The common fraction may be reduced to lower terms, by dividing both terms by any number which... | |
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The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually expressed, since it can be easily determined, it being 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the given decimal. 158. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a period,... 
