 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...denominator gives facilities for operating in Decimals that do not exist in Vulgar Fractions. 144. The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually...annexed as there are figures in the given decimal. 145. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a point, called the decimal point or... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 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... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 352 pages
...same as whole numbers. 5. 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. 6. To read decimals requires two numerations ; first, from units, to find the name of the... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1861 - 376 pages
...denominator gives facilities for operating in Decimals that do not exist in Vulgar Fractions. 144. The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually...ciphers annexed as there are figures in the given decimal145. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a point, called the decimal... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1861 - 316 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 /oV^. 16. These simple statements being understood, all... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...whatever. Every principle and every operation in Common Fractions is equally applicable to Decimals. 157, The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually...being 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are fgures in the given decimal. 158. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a period,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 356 pages
...whatever. Every principle and every operation in Common Fractions is equally applicable to Decimals. 157. The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually...determined, it being 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there arefgures in the given decimal 158. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a period,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...same as whole numbers. 5. 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. 6. To read decimals requires two numerations; first, from units, to find the name of the denominator,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1867 - 358 pages
...whatever. Every principle and every operation in Common Fractions is equally applicable to Decimals. 157. The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually...since it can be easily determined, it being 1 with at many ciphers annexed as there are fgarcs in the given decimal. 1«>8. A decimal fraction is distinguished... | |
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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,... 
