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It is called the decimal point. We say "point". For example 3.25 cakes is "three point two five cakes". The decimal point shows that the number on its left is the last whole number. In the above example, you have three whole cakes. The number in the next place on the right tells you how many tenths of a cake there are, in this case two-tenths of a cake. The number in the next place on the right tells you how many hundredths of a cake there are, in this case five-hundredths of a cake. 0.1 (zero point one) is one tenth.
0.04 (zero point zero four) is four hundredths.
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What is the comma called that separates a period in a number?
A separator or a delimiter.
What is the period that separates two parts of a decimal?
The period that separates two parts of a decimal is called the decimal point. It distinguishes the whole number part from the fractional part of a number. For example, in the decimal 3.14, the decimal point separates the whole number 3 from the fractional part 14.
What are groups of 3 digits called?
period
What is the definition of period in math terms?
In place value, a period is each group of three digits separated by commas in a multidigit number.
What is the name of the period that has the digits 401 using the number 916401?
ones
