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Yes, why not?
When you use the mean, you are secretly assuming that the thing you are calculating the mean of is continuous (i.e. it can take non-whole number value). If you don't know why, you'll have to trust me!
If you are calculating something such as the mean number of teachers in a number of schools, it doesn't really make sense for you to calculate that there are 30.3 teachers - after all, what is 0.3 of a teacher?.
The point is that you have to think about the numbers, rather than blindly calculate them. Maybe the value you want is 30.3; maybe the value you want is 30, or 31, or something else. You have to understand what it is you calculate in order for it to make any sense at all.
If the number you calculate doesn't make sense, question whether you are calculating the correct number: should you be calculating the median or mode, or something entirely different?
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What is a very small number containing a decimal point and what does it mean?
0.0000000000000000000000000000000000001 is a very small decimal number. ^^
What is a number that contains a decimal point?
It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.It is a number with a decimal point. It is not necessarily a decimal number because 24 (no decimal pont) is a decimal number.
What deos whole number mean?
A whole number is a number that has no fractions or decimal places attached to it. 21 is a whole number. 3.75 is not.
How do you round 29.46 so it wont have a decimal?
You cannot. It will remain a decimal number even if you round it to the nearest million, when its value is 0. If you mean when it does not have a decimal point, the answer is 29.
What does decimal pint mean in math?
A decimal is simply a way of representing a number so that the place value of any digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right. So 1 is a decimal number and therefore 1 pint would be a decimal pint.
