33S. Decimal Fractions are read like whole numbers, the
denomination being always gisen ; this is determined by the plactr
of the right hand figure in reference to the decimal point j thus,
^ is read 5 tenths.
.05 " " 5 hundredths.
.748 " " 748 thousandths.
.0748 " " 748 ten-thousandths.
7.48 . " " 7 and 48 hundredths.
336. NuMEBATioN Table.
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Exercises upon the Table.
1. Which place at the right of the decimal point is occupied by
tenths ? by thousandths ? by millionths ? by billionths ? by trillionths ?
by hundredths? by ten-thousandths? by hundred-thousandths? by
ten-millionths ? by hundred-millionths ? by hundredTbillionths ?

2. What denomination occupies the second place at the right of the
point? the third? the tourth? the fifth? the sixth? the first? the
seventh ? the ninth ? the eighth ? the eleventh ? the twelfth ? the fif-
teenth?

337, To read decimal fractions, observe the following

BuLE. Jiead the decimal fraction as if it were a whoU num-
heVf giving it the denomination of the right hand figure^

Exercises.
Read or write in words the following : -—



1. .9.
2. .469.
3. .0599.
4. .05099.
Read the following, first as mixed numbers, then as improper
fractions : —



5. .095009.
6. .37^.
7. .0345706.
8. .00080007.
9. 27.5.
10. 2.75.
11. 885.47533.
12. 7000.0005.
13. .7005.
14. 175.87f

15. 250.00554.
16. 2505.00 J.
Note. — The word units may be placed after the 7000 in Ex. 12, in
reading it as a mixed number, to distinguish it from the 7 thousand ten-
thousandths in Ex. 13. Bead thus in all similar cases of ambiguity.
