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In 1971 the United Kingdom changed its currency to the decimal system.
Anna knows the first thousand decimal places of π by heart.
Anna knows by heart the first thousand decimal places of π.
Jews used Hebrew letters as numerals, and unlike the decimal system, the position of the numeral in the number is irrelevant. Thus one may conclude as many superstitious conclusions as he desires.
The German scientist Erich von Wolff, who measured the rate of iron (Fe) in various vegetables, had a mistake in adding the decimal point when copying the data from his notebook.
The decimal point in this number is in the wrong place.
The number 0.75 is a decimal number.
The mathematical constant Pi to 5 decimal places is "3.14159."
In English, we use a decimal point instead of a comma.
The negative powers of the number ten are decimal fractions of ten.
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Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.
Single- decimaled entries, often originating in Whiting (Wh) or Wilson (OW; see p. 23, fn.3), are from SPL. To save space, examples cited in SPL are normally not repeated (examples therefore begin with "Add:"). Double- decimaled entries, again often based on Wh or OW, are "new."
simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables
So naturally, 3/14 – the 14th of March – is celebrated as “Pi Day.” And since 3.14 is the beginning, not the end of Pi – it can be decimaled on out to infinity – and since the next two numbers are 1 and 5 voila! today’s date 3/14/15 is really special.
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