There must be a combination of systems by introducing avulgarfractioninto the concept.
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A man's disability is determined by them in terms of avulgarfraction.
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The point is that half is avulgarfraction, and we are supposed to be dealing with decimal fractions.
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A point which has not been adequately considered is that the £ system is not a pure decimal system but has avulgarfractionadded on at the end.
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A hundredth is written as a decimal fraction as 0.01, and as avulgarfractionas 1/100.
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We have adopted these words; otherwise, we should have had complications with vulgar fractions.
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It is rather difficult working out vulgar fractions.
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It will not be in decimals or vulgar fractions.
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If my vulgar fractions are still good, that would give five, 7½and 15 miles.
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This seems to be a clear sign that the human mind works in vulgar fractions, even though we have 10 fingers and 10 toes.
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It is concerned with vulgar fractions.
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Decimals also refer to decimal fractions, either separately or in contrast to vulgar fractions.
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The contrast here is between decimals and vulgar fractions, and decimal divisions and other divisions of measures, like the inch.
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The inaccurate 1920s supposition has been replaced by parsing large vulgar fractions by stripping away the unit fraction notation.
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Instead, either decimal or vulgar fractions can be represented natively in finger binary.
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