The decimal 0.8 is pronounced "eight tenths" or "zero point eight". It is equal to the fraction 8/10. Hundredths have two digits after the decimal point. The decimal 0.36 is pronounced "thirty-six hundredths" or "zero point thirty-six". It is equal to the fraction 36/100. ...
1.pertaining to tenths or to the number 10. 2.proceeding by tens:a decimal system. n. 3.decimal fraction. [1600–10; < Medieval Latindecimālisof tenths = Latindecim(a)tenth (derivative ofdecemten) +-ālis-al1] dec′i•mal•ly,adv. ...
Every real number may be expressed in base 10. Every rational number that has a denominator with only 2 and/or 5 as the prime factors may be written as a decimal fraction. Such a fraction has a finite decimal expansion. Irrational numbers may be expressed as unique decimal numbers in which...