1.875
Divide 7 by 8, using a calculator or a pencil, to get 0.875 .
5/8 = 5 divided by 8 = 0.625
a decimal point is a point that looks like a period
There are an infinite number of decimal place values. Last year, a Japanese team,using a supercomputer, calculated the value of "pi" out to 4 trillion decimal places.The first seven places after the decimal point are:tenthshundredthsthousandthsten-thousandthshundred-thousandthsmillionthsten-millionths
The number 2.8675 can be expressed in words as "two point eight six seven five." It represents a decimal value where the whole number part is two, and the decimal portion follows with eight, six, seven, and five.
I need to put the decimal point somewhere!Look at that decimal!
Half of 5 is 2.5, and half of seven eighths is three and a half eighths. So technically, half of 5 and seven eighths is 2.5 + 3.5 eighths, which simplifies to 2.5 + 3/4, making the answer 3.25. Hope that clears things up for ya!
It is called a [decimal] fraction.
No, because when using a whole numberyou don't have to use a decimal point.
Using a decimal, of course. All you need do is move the decimal point two places to the right.
2.45m
six point two or six decimal point two or six decimal place two