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Decimal Fractions

To reduce a Vulgar
Fraction into a decimal

Annex Cyphers to the
numerator till it be
equal to or greater than
the denominator then
divide by the denominator
and the the quotient will
be the decimal sought.

If after you have
made use of all the
Cyphers annexed to the
numerator there is a
remainder annex Cyphers
thereto and continue your
division till it divide off
or arrive to what degree
of exactness you think
proper.-

Always observe to
set a point betwixt the
numerator and the Cyphers
annexed thereto and that
the quotient have as
many places as you annex
Cyphers to the numerator
and remainders; and if
it be deficient let the
want be supplied by prefixing
as many Cyphers
to the quotient as it falls
short.-

Those decimals
that are reduced from
such a Vulgar Fraction
whose numerator with
Cyphers annexed is an
aliquot part of or can
be measured by its denominator
are finite or
determinate decimals.-
as No fraction will
produce a finite decimal
but such whose denominator
is 2 or 5 and
their multiples.-

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Against each part on the left hand write the number thereof contained in one of its superior let these be the divisors. The begininning with the upper one write the quotient of each division as decimal parts on the right hand of the dividend next below it,  and let this mixed number be divided by its divisor &c till all be finished and the last quotient will be the decimal sought. — The decimal may be readily found by the rule of practice namely by considering the next inferior denomination as aliquot parts of the integer and those still lower as aliquot parts of the superior ones or of each other the SUm of all those aliquot parts will be the decimal required. —

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	135	Main Headings
Folio number	080	Info in main headings field	decimal fractions
Image	002	Titles
Category	private material	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	sir samuel bentham	Watermarks	1798
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public		ID Number	46198
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