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Fractions such as 1 ⁄ 3 are displayed as decimal approximations, for example rounded to 0.33333333. Also, some fractions (such as 1 ⁄ 7, which is 0.14285714285714; to 14 significant figures) can be difficult to recognize in decimal form; as a result, many scientific calculators are able to work in vulgar fractions or mixed numbers.
The first non-medical calculator thing we tried was inspired by Dimitris131. They had been experimenting with interactive math proofs, where the user can go through the proof step-by-step with a different illustration for each step . They had an off-wiki prototype that we were able to bring on-wiki via the calculator template.
Whether or not a rational number has a terminating expansion depends on the base. For example, in base-10 the number 1/2 has a terminating expansion (0.5) while the number 1/3 does not (0.333...). In base-2 only rationals with denominators that are powers of 2 (such as 1/2 or 3/16) are terminating.
The base-2 numeral system is a positional notation with a radix of 2.Each digit is referred to as a bit, or binary digit.Because of its straightforward implementation in digital electronic circuitry using logic gates, the binary system is used by almost all modern computers and computer-based devices, as a preferred system of use, over various other human techniques of communication, because ...
Hexadecimal (also known as base-16 or simply hex) is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of sixteen. Unlike the decimal system representing numbers using ten symbols, hexadecimal uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols "0"–"9" to represent values 0 to 9 and "A"–"F" to represent values from ten to fifteen.
1.51% (1 in 66) – (1 foot (0.3 m) per 1 chain (20 m)) New South Wales Government Railways, Australia, part of Main South line. 1.25% (1 in 80) – Wellington Bank, Somerset , UK 1.25% (1 in 80) – Rudgwick , UK ( West Sussex ) platform before regrading – too steep if a train is not provided with continuous brakes .
In the oil industry, mud weight is the density of the drilling fluid and is normally measured in pounds per gallon (lb/gal) (ppg) or pound cubic feet (pcf) . [1] In the field it is measured using a mud scale or mud balance. Mud can weigh up to 22 or 23 ppg. A gallon of water typically weighs 8.33 pounds (or 7.48 ppg).
1/81 (/) is correctly expressed as 1.012345679 in the preceding section, "Other mathematical curiosities", so there seems to be no valid reason to allow "about" 1.0123456789 is the "Decimal coincidences" section.