Sentence examples for decimal notation from inspiring English sources

The effect of putting zeros on the end of a Babylonian number is therefore even more devastating than on our modern decimal notation.

This was done according to a complex process that brings in the 10 numbers (sefirot, singular sefira) of decimal notation and the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

A noteworthy characteristic of the Chinese system, and one that represented a substantial advantage over the Mediterranean systems, was its predilection for a decimal notation, as demonstrated by foot rulers from the 6th century bc.

For larger numbers this procedure can be improved by considering multiples of one of the factors by 10, 20,…or even by higher orders of magnitude (100, 1,000,…), as necessary (in the Egyptian decimal notation, these multiples are easy to work out).

Solution Here's Jeremy Copeland with the solution and commentary on this week's discussion: Neal #1, #4_1 and Mark #4 teamed up to find the right answer, followed by Tom Enrico, #7 who switches to decimal notation and David desJardins #15, who very elegantly gives us 20ths.

To write this number in decimal notation we would need a one, followed by more zero's than the number of particles in the universe.

The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was tested with a "Tumbling E" Eye Chart at a distance of 5 m, and the BCVA was expressed in decimal notations.

Counting fingers was translated as 0.01 and hand motions as 0.0033 in decimal Snellen notation.

The ontological analysis allowed for the development of a decimal systematic notation to facilitate a hierarchical scheme of services for long term care.

The Gupta era produced the decimal system of notation and great Sanskrit epics and Hindu art and contributed to the sciences of astronomy, mathematics, and metallurgy.

Although he did not invent decimal fractions and his notation was rather unwieldy, he established their use in day-to-day mathematics.