table below.
DECOMPOSITION OF A DECIMAL FRACTION.
| 147326 | = | 147326 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 147326 | = | 14732 | + | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 147326 | = | 1473 | + | 2 | + | 6 | ||||||||||
| 100 | 10 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
| 147326 | = | 147 | + | 3 | + | 2 | + | 6 | ||||||||
| 1000 | 10 | 100 | 1000 | |||||||||||||
| 147326 | = | 14 | + | 7 | + | 3 | + | 2 | + | 6 | ||||||
| 10000 | 10 | 100 | 1000 | 10000 | ||||||||||||
| 147326 | = | 1 | + | 4 | + | 7 | + | 3 | + | 2 | + | 6 | ||||
| 100000 | 10 | 100 | 1000 | 10000 | 100000 | |||||||||||
| 147326 | = | 1 | + | 4 | + | 7 | + | 3 | + | 2 | + | 6 | ||||
| 1000000 | 10 | 100 | 1000 | 10000 | 100000 | 1000000 | ||||||||||
| 147326 | = | 1 | + | 4 | + | 7 | + | 3 | + | 2 | + | 6 | ||||
| 10000000 | 100 | 1000 | 10000 | 100000 | 1000000 | 10000000 |
N.B. The student should write this table himself, and then proceed to make similar tables from the following exercises.
EXERCISES.
Reduce the following fractions into a series of numbers and more simple fractions:
| 31415926 | , | 31415926 | , &c. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 100 | ||
| 2700031 | , | 2700031 | , &c. |
| 10 | 100 | ||
| 2073000 | , | 2073000 | , &c. |
| 10 | 100 | ||
| 3331303 | , | 3331303 | , &c. |
| 1000 | 10000 |
- If, in this table, and others made in the same manner, you look at those fractions which contain a whole number, you will see that they may be