0.05 is five hundredths
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Because it is a point that is used in the decimal system of counting. Decimal means based on ten.
100 is a number, not a decimal point.
'point' or 'and' because decimal ''point''
A decimal is a value, a decimal point separates the whole number from the fraction.EG 12.34 is a decimal, the point is the dot in the middle...a decimal is a group of number combined to make a number problem and a decimal point divides it so you wont get confusedEX: candy bar $ 1.50 without the decimal point $150
The decimal point was invented by John Napier.