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Unit 8 Modes: Numeric Mode

We learned in Unit 1 that a number is made by placing the numeric indicator before letters a-j. We can say that the numeric indicator sets whatever follows into numeric mode until the effect of the number mode is broken.

Numeric mode ends when it encounters a space, a letter (other than the 10 digits), sign of punctuation (except comma, period or decimal, or a simple fraction line) or a dot 5 when used as a continuation indicator or numeric space indicator.

Again, the following symbols do NOT terminate numeric mode and are used to write larger and smaller numbers, and simple non-mathematical fractions.

Numeric Digits (0-9)	⠼⠚⠤⠼⠊
Comma	⠂
Period or Decimal	⠲
Simple Fraction Line	⠌
Continuation Indicator or Numeric Space Indicator	⠐

Larger numbers

1,345,201

⠼⠁⠂⠉⠙⠑⠂⠃⠚⠁

Smaller numbers

0.000127

⠼⠚⠲⠚⠚⠚⠁⠃⠛

Simple Fraction

1¼ cup sugar

⠼⠁⠼⠁⠌⠙⠀⠉⠥⠏⠀⠎⠥⠛⠜

${\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}\text{sandwich and a cup of soup}$

⠼⠂⠌⠆⠀⠎⠯⠺⠊⠡⠀⠯⠀⠁⠀⠉⠥⠏⠀⠾⠀⠎⠳⠏

The numeric indicator also turns on grade 1 mode. This means that when letters appear in the sequence of numbers following the numeric indicator they are read only as the alphabetic letter they represent.

1^st 2^nd 3^rd 4^th

⠼⠁⠎⠞⠀⠼⠃⠝⠙⠀⠼⠉⠗⠙⠀⠼⠙⠞⠓

Continuation indicator (dot 5) ⠐

This indicator is used when there is not enough room on the page for a long running number. It tells us that the number is continued on the next line. Otherwise the new line would require a numeric indicator and the long number would be read as two separate numbers.

Example:

The first 50 digits of pi are: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795(insert continuation indicator here)0288419716939937510582097494…

⠠⠮⠀⠋⠌⠀⠼⠑⠚⠀⠙⠊⠛⠊⠞⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠏⠊⠀⠜⠑⠒

⠼⠉⠲⠁⠙⠁⠑⠊⠃⠋⠑⠉⠑⠓⠊⠛⠊⠉⠃⠉⠓⠙⠋⠃⠋⠙⠉⠉⠓⠉⠃⠛⠊⠑⠐

⠚⠃⠓⠓⠙⠁⠊⠛⠁⠋⠊⠉⠊⠊⠉⠛⠑⠁⠚⠑⠓⠃⠚⠊⠛⠙⠊⠙⠲⠲⠲

Numeric Space Indicator (dot 5) ⠐

When a number is written with spaces between the numbers instead of commas, we insert a numeric space indicator between the numbers. Otherwise the number would require a numeric indicator after each space and the number would be read as smaller separate numbers.

Example:

My number is 432 567 4000

⠠⠍⠽⠀⠝⠥⠍⠃⠻⠀⠊⠎⠀⠼⠙⠉⠃⠐⠑⠋⠛⠐⠙⠚⠚⠚

SS 009 88 0000

⠠⠠⠎⠎⠀⠼⠚⠚⠊⠐⠓⠓⠐⠚⠚⠚⠚

NOTE: Otherwise these numbers would look like three separate numbers.