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Decimal points are an important part of
today. People might think they have been with
for thousands of years. Some
of decimals did exist over 1,000 years ago. One
was used in the Islamic world in the 900s. It is
the merchant travelled to the Middle East and was influenced by mathematical
there. Other
shows intellectuals used a version in China in the 1200s. The previous
known use of the decimal point was in 1593. A German
used a system of decimals in his study of
.
