Represent fractions as parts of a set using the decimal fraction one-hundredth (0.01). Practice reading and writing decimals. Explore mixed fractions and decimals. Compare mixed decimals. Understand ...

The decimal point appears to have been first used in the 1440s, a century and a half earlier than initially assumed.

The story combines a whimsical adventure with educational lessons on math, particularly focusing on division and decimals.

Explore decimal fractions to represent and connect fractions and decimals. Represent fractions as parts of a set using the decimal fraction one-tenth (0.1). Practice reading decimals. Explore mixed ...

Editor's Note: This is the first article in a two-part series on decimal representations and decimal arithmetic in general, and on Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) in particular. In this first installment, ...

DR. CUSACK is a firm believer in the decimal system, and there can be no doubt that he speaks with some authority, in view of the great experience he has enjoyed of teaching arithmetic and other ...

Clearly, the decimal point is incredibly important to the way we do math today. So, why did Clavius abandon such a monumental discovery so soon after making it? Because he stole it.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to math historian Glen Van Brummelen about his finding that the decimal point appeared in the 1440s, earlier than thought. How did the decimal point come to be? - the dot that ...

Math historian Glen Van Brummelen came across decimal points in Giovanni Bianchini's manuscript, Tabulae primi mobilis B. Van Brummelen / Historia Mathematica, 2024 For years, historians thought ...