When you divide a decimal by 10, 100 or 1,000, the place value of the digits decreases. The number decreases in value by 10, 100 or 1,000 times. The digits move to the right as the number gets smaller ...
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 ...