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Of course! Without decimals, you couldn't calculate percentages or fractions. Decimals allow you to break a number up. A decimal is basically a fraction, and when you calculate fraction adding, subtraction, multiplication, and division, sometimes it is easier to calculate a fraction by first changing it to a decimal instead.
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How is adding and subracting with money like adding and subtracting whole numbers?
Really? whole numbers are like dollar bills. if there is no change then $1.00 can be just $1 a whole number, no decimals, and so can all other total dollar amounts.
Is decimals the same as liters?
no...litre is a metric unit of measurement...decimals are just numbers
Are stem-and-leaf displays easy to construct?
yes just if you are using decimals put the whole number then a line then all the numbers after dp in a row
What is the name for whole numbers?
If you mean part of whole numbers, its fractions. If you just mean another word for whole numbers, i think its just...whole numbers.
What is the relationship between integer's whole number's and counting number's?
"Integers" are all numbers, positive and negative, that aren't fractions or decimals. Examples: -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,57, 109349503... Whole numbers are all positive integers. (Including zero, which looks like a "hole". haha.) Examples: 0,1,2,3,4... counting numbers are just like whole numbers except they don't include zero. Also known as "natural" numbers. It's like what people naturally count. Examples: 1,2,3,4... They are ALL integers though...no fractions or decimals.
