DECIMAL FRACTIONS, 77 



a slncrle repetcnd, and a nolat over the first and last figures 

 ,of a compound repetend. 



The first place, next after the dechiial mark, is icth 

 parts, the second is looth parts, the third is loooth parts, 

 arid so on, decreasing toward the right by loths, or in- 

 creasing toward the left by icths, the same as whole ot 

 iiitegral numbers do. As in the following 

 SCALE OF NQTAriGN. 



8 88 8*88888 8 



Cyphers on the right of decimals do not alter their value. 

 For '5 or -^-- is ^ 

 And -50 or -J-^ is {- 

 And -500 or -^°-^- is ^. 

 But cyphers before decimal figures, and after the separ- 

 ating point, diminish the value in a tenfold proportion for 

 ^very cypher. 



And so ,on. 

 So that, in any mixed or fractional number, if the separ- 

 ating point be moved one, two, three, &c. places to the 

 right hand, every figure will be lo, 10O3 1000, &c. times 

 greater than before. 



But if the point be moved toward the left hand, then 

 every figure will be dim/mished in the same manner, or the 

 whole quantity will be divided by 10, igoj 1000, &c. 



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