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decimals

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  1. Fractional numbers (see fraction) expressed as whole numbers of tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on. One-half, for example, is 0.5 in decimal terms.


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Only resounding wins over their nearest rivals now return a few more decimals.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2025

The leaders of those and other rate stats — expressed with decimals — are now sprinkled with Negro League standouts.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2024

Eventually she leads us toward more abstract concepts such as the polar coordinate system, a graphical approach to defining a point using distance and angle, as well as irrational numbers and decimals that repeat infinitely.

From Scientific American Jun. 20, 2023

When we work with decimals, it is often necessary to round the number to the nearest required place value.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

We forgot about the double period of decimals and how we were upperclassmen and upperclasswomen.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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