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

Connect fractions and decimals, including one-tenth and one-hundredth.

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

Decimal arithmetic is indispensable in applications where precision is paramount, such as in financial, commercial and scientific domains. The inherent challenges of decimal computation ...

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.

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, ...

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