Decimal-number meaning

The definition of a decimal number is another way of representing a fraction by showing the part of the whole by placing it on the right side of a period.

An example of a decimal number is the number 1.33. The numbers ".33" are the parts of a whole and are the approximate equivalent of the fraction 1/3.

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A number expressed in the base 10 numbering system. See decimal.
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(mathematics) A number represented by the decimal digits 0 to 9 and possibly a decimal point.

Thirteen and a quarter is 13.25 as a decimal number.

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Sentence Examples

  • An exact decimal is a decimal number that does not go on forever.

  • A number expressed in exponential notation consists of the following:- A decimal number.

  • The answer for graphics designers came in the form of hexadecimal notation - which starts with the digits 0-9 just like decimal number systems, but instead of going on to "10" it instead goes into the letters A-F.

  • So to write the decimal number "10" in hexadecimal notation, it would be "A".

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