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A decimal number is a way of representing numbers so that the place value of any digit is ten times that of the digit to its right. You can have whole numbers in binary, octal, hexadecimal etc bases.

A decimal number may or may not have a fractional part. A whole number cannot have a fractional part.

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Write two ways in which whole numbers and decimal numbers are different?

Write 2 ways in which whole numbers and decimal numbers are different


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Whole numbers are a proper subset of decimal numbers. All whole numbers are decimal numbers but not all decimal numbers are whole numbers.


What does a fraction and a decimal have an common?

They are both ways of representing parts of whole numbers.


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How many different ways can you write 40 as the product of two whole numbers?

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Why is the opposite of a decimal a whole?

The question is based on a false premise: the opposite of a decimal is not a whole. A decimal is simply a way of representing a number is such a way that the place value of each digit is ten times that of the digit to its right. Therefore 4 is a decimal, 2.75 is a decimal. There are different ways of defining opposite. The additive opposites of the two numbers are -4 and -2.75 so one of them is a whole number, the other is not. The multiplicative opposites are 0.25 and 0.3636... so neither of them are whole.


How many different ways can you multiply to get 40?

If you restrict yourself to positive whole numbers, there are four.


How many different ways can you write 50 as the product of two whole numbers?

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Is a decimal bigger than a fraction?

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How do you rename a decimal as a fraction?

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