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Why do call a decimal a decimal?
It comes from the Latin word decimus, meaning 'tenth'. Decimal places are ordered in powers of ten.
Is 0.667 decimal or repeating decimal?
0.667 is a terminating decimal.
Why is a decimal called a decimal?
Decimal comes from the Latin word decimus, meaning tenth, from the root word decem, or 10.
What is the meaning of decimal number?
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. If it does not contain a fractional part then the decimal representation does not require a decimal point.
What is the largest hexadecimal number that can represented with 7 bits?
If it is unsigned representation (meaning high bit is not sign bit) then it is 7F which has a decimal equivalent of 127. If it is a signed number (meaning high bit is sign bit) then numbers range from decimal -64 to +63
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