| Betfair quote all their prices as decimals rather than traditional fractional odds. |
| Without decimals, Europe would have remained trapped in the cumbrous Roman system of numeration. |
| Basic operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals were required to solve some problems, although many items required no calculations. |
| As one might expect, multiplication of infinite decimals is more complicated than addition. |
| Although he did not invent decimals he did introduce their use in mathematics in Europe. |
| Students eventually went on to work on exercises where fractions, decimals and percentages were used interchangeably. |
