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decimals

Cultural

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

How does knowing about U.S. money help you learn about decimals?

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Unfortunately, they don’t do as effective a job in teaching when to add or subtract, when to multiply or divide, or how to convert from fractions to decimals or percentages.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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