 UNIT, or whole thing, as a gallon, a pound, a yard, &c., and is supposed to be divided into ten equal parts, called tenths ; those tenths into ten equal parts, called hundredths, and so on, without end. The denominator of a decimal being always known...  Aids to Engineers' Examinations: Prepared for Applicants of All Grades, with ... - Page 166by Nehemiah Hawkins - 1898 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1833 - 224 pages
...hundredths ; and those hundredths into ten equal parts, called thousandths ; and so on, without end. So that the denominator of a decimal being always known to consist of a unit, with as many ciphers as the numerator has places, is, therefore, never expressed, being understood to be 10, 100, 1000,... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...written: the numerator is written with a point prefixed to it, and the denominator is understood to be a unit, with as many ciphers annexed as the numerator has places of figures. Thus, .5 is i5g, .26 is ^Q, .907 is ^%. When a whole number and decimal fraction are written... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...written: the numerator is written with a point prefixed to it, and the denominator is understood to be a unit, with as many ciphers annexed as the numerator has places of figures. Thus, .5 is T5^, .26 is i2^, When a whole number and decimal fraction are written together,... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...Latin decem, " ten," which denotes the nature of its numbers, representing the parts of an insegral quantity, divided into a tenfold proportion. It has...numerator consists of 1, 2, 3, or more figures. Thus : -fs nnr T$vs &c., the numerators only are written with a dot or comma before them, thus -2 -24 -125.... | |
 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1852 - 284 pages
...; and those hundredths into ten equal parts, called thousandths ; and so on, without end. So that a denominator of a decimal being always known to consist of a unit, with as many ciphers as the numerator has places, is, therefore, never expressed, being understood to be 10, 100, 1000,... | |
 | George Beecroft - 1857 - 350 pages
...supposed to be divided into ten equal parts, and those parts into tenths, and so on, without end. So that the denominator of a decimal being always known to consist of a unit, with as many ciphers as the numerator has places, is therefore never set down ; the parts being only distinguished from... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1858 - 350 pages
...when £ of her cost $17,535 ? fTTnH- 1 DECIMALS. A DECIMAL is a fraction which has for its denominator a UNIT with as many ciphers annexed as the numerator has places ; it is usually expressed by setting down the numerator only, with a point on the left of it. Thus,... | |
 | Francis Walkinghame - 1859 - 200 pages
...supposed to be divided into ten equal parts, and those parts into tenths, and so on without end. So that the denominator of a decimal being always known to consist of a unit, with as many ciphers as the numerator has places, is therefore never set down ; the parts being only distinguished from... | |
 | Henry S. Merrett - 1863 - 476 pages
...always kno.wn to consist of an unit with as many cyphers as the numerator has places, is therefore never expressed, being understood to be 10, 100, 1000,...&c., according as the numerator consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, or more figures. Thus, instead of -fo, -f^, -jVoV, *ne numbers only are written with a full point... | |
 | Henry S. Merrett - 1863 - 428 pages
...being always known to consist of an unit with as many cyphers as the numerator has places, is therefore never expressed, being understood to be 10, 100, 1000,...&c., according as the numerator consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, or more figures. Thus, instead of -fc, -^5-, TVoV5 the numbers only are written with a full point... | |
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