Common angles

Many frequently used angles have a simpler notation in centesimal but there exist to very important exceptions: Sexagesimal degrees Centesimal gradians straight angle XC C half straight angle XLV L quarter straight angle XXII deg XXX min XXV half circumference CLXXX CC 3/4 circumference CCLXX CCC full circumference CCCLX CCCC ...but... one third straight angle XXX XXXIII gr XXXIII min XXXIII sec two thirds straight angle LX LXI gr LXI min LXI sec

Arithmetics
Convert minutes into degrees / gradians Sexagesimal degrees Divide by LX; quotient is the number of degrees, rest is the remaining minutes. Example: CCXXVIII min = (division algorithm) = III deg XLVIII min Substract CCCLX Centesimal gradians The C symbols are directly the number of gradians; the rest is the minutes. Example: CCXXVIII min = II gr XXVIII min

Reduce value of angle by one full circumference

Directly knock out four C signs / substract CD

Ortogonal angles
When an observer is heading towards a certain direction, it may be useful to determine the angles perpendicular to that direction, to the left and to the right. With sexagesimal degrees this involves adding 90 and 270 degrees respectively; with centesimal gradians it only requires writing one or three C signs before the value of the base angle. Lets take for example the base angle = 63 deg = 70 gr : Sexagesimal degrees Centesimal gradians Base angle LXIII LXX Perpendicular, left LXIII + LXL = (addition directly, CLXX algorithm) = CLIII Perpendicular, right LXIII + CCLXX = directly, CCCLXX (addition algorithm) = CCCXXXIII Similarly we can calculate the angle right behind the observer: Sexagesimal degrees Centesimal gradians Opposite (back) LXIII + CLXXX = directly, CCLXX (addition algorithm) = CCXLIII