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THE NEW STUDENT'S REFERENCE WORK
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Read each period as if it were a number by itself and then add the name of the period. As, 24, 306, 240. Twenty-four million, three hundred six thousand, two hundred forty. Use the word and between the whole number and the decimal.

Read the decimal as if it were a whole number, then add the name of the place of the right-hand figure.

0.4=4 tenths, 0.32=32 hundredths, 0.306=306 thousandths, etc. 24.03=twenty-four and three hundredths.

Refer to the Numeration Table, and read the number given there. Read the following numbers, referring to the Numeration Table if necessary:

2
44
825
7,286
18,427
10,010 .02
405,000 .405
1,250 .6485
508 .00406
800,001 .024
248,629
4,804,232
56,875,084
250,428,376
4,775,842,205
485 .65
4,768 .054
2,002 .4028
2. 8
909 .909
20,904 .0904
402,300 .24025
34,008 .00012
3,468,000 .0603
240,027 .4206

Write in figures:

1. Sixty-seven thousand, four hundred.
2. Forty-four million, three hundred six thousand, forty-two.
3. Three hundred and three thousandths.
4. Fifteen thousand, three hundred and ten hundredths.
5. Eight hundred twenty-five and seven tenths.
6. Two thousand two and seven hundredths.
7. Ten thousand ten and seven thousandths.
8. Five thousand forty-seven hundred-thousandths.
9. One hundred twenty-three million, three hundred fifty-six thousand, four hundred eighty-eight.
10. Five million, four thousand sixty-three and twenty-four millionths.

The Romans used seven letters to represent numbers:

I V X L C D M
1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000

All other numbers are expressed by writing two or more of these letters side by side.

When a letter is repeated, its value is repeated:

III=3,     XX=20,     CCC=300

When a letter, or a combination of letters, is placed after one of greater value, their sum is expressed:

VII=7,     XV=15,     XVII=17