Decimal System

Decimal system may refer to:

  • The decimal (base ten) number system, used in mathematics for writing numbers and performing arithmetic.
  • The Dewey Decimal System, a subject classification system used in libraries.
  • The decimal currency system, where each unit of currency can be divided into 100 (or 10 or 1000) sub-units.

Famous quotes containing the words decimal and/or system:

    It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week, and better understood and retained, by sixth-grade students. Child-centeredness does not mean lack of rigor or standards; it does mean finding the best match between curricula and children’s developing interests and abilities.
    David Elkind (20th century)

    He could jazz up the map-reading class by having a full-size color photograph of Betty Grable in a bathing suit, with a co- ordinate grid system laid over it. The instructor could point to different parts of her and say, “Give me the co-ordinates.”... The Major could see every unit in the Army using his idea.... Hot dog!
    Norman Mailer (b. 1923)