decimals
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Despite leaving school at a young age and initially finding terms like "decimals" and "algebra" intimidating, Mr Elsom is said to have quite a talent for working with figures.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
She explains hard things like reducing fractions and turning them into decimals.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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