What is the difference between 6500. and 6500? The first one would be considered to have a terminal decimal. This means that instead of simply writing the number as it is, a decimal is added to the end to represent significant figures (terminal decimals are most commonly used in scientific notation). Therefore, when 6500 would only be considered as to having 2 significant figures, 6500. has 4 significant figures.
A terminal decimal - is one with a finite solution. For example, 1/8 as a decimal is 0.125 The value of Pi as a decimal could never be a terminal decimal, as the solution goes on indefinitely.
Yes, it is. Any terminal decimal is a rational number.
decimal
It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.
4.8 is a decimal.
A terminal decimal - is one with a finite solution. For example, 1/8 as a decimal is 0.125 The value of Pi as a decimal could never be a terminal decimal, as the solution goes on indefinitely.
terminal?
It is 0.85
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615 is a whole number and as such has no need to be converted to a decimal. It could be represented as 615. but it ends in a five and so the terminal decimal is meaningless.
Not at all. The quotient of 1/3 doesn't end.
, divide the numerator by the denominator. To change terminal decimals into fractions, count the number of decimal places, put the decimal's digits over 1 followed by the proper number of zeroes.
A decimal number is simply a way of representing a number in such a way that the place value of each digit is ten times that of the digit to its right. A decimal representation does not require a decimal point. So the required decimal representation is 78, exactly as in the question.
1.4 is a rational number. It has a terminal decimal. It is the same as 14/10.
Yes, it is. Any terminal decimal is a rational number.
85.714% The decimal in not terminal so it keeps repeating, but this is the percentage to the nearest thousandth.
No, all terminal decimals are rational numbers. For a number to be irrational, its decimal representation must be non-terminal (never end) and never repeat. Here are a few terminal decimals and their fractional equivalents. Note that any number which can be expressed as any ratio of integers is rational. 0.333 = 333/1000 0.4 = 4/10 = 2/5 0.1427 = 1427/10000 In general, any terminating decimal expression has a certain number of digits after the decimal point. We will call those digits D1, D2, D3, D4, ... DN. We will ignore the whole-integer part of the number as this is rational and any rational number combined with another rational number is rational. The non-integer part (fractional-part) of this number can be expressed as the ratio: (D1D2D3...DN)/(10N) The numerator is an integer because all of the Dxs are integers from 0 to 9 inclusive. The denominator is an integer because N is the number of digits after the decimal in the terminal decimal expression, and 10 to a finite, integer power is an integer. Thus, any terminating decimal can be expressed as a ratio of two integers and is thus rational (not irrational).