The decimal point separates a WHOLE number from a FRACTION of a number. For example 1 cookie is one whole cookie whereas .1 of a cookie is one-tenth of a cookie.
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My friend had $100,000 and the teller put the deposit slip decimal so it read $10,000. That is important for $90,000.
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.
You write it as 0.004 because to the left of the decimal point is ones, to the first zero to the right of the decimal point is tenths, to the second zero to the right of the decimal point is hundredths, and so on.
34.67, rounded to the nearest decimal point, is 34.7.
A whole number can have (a) no digits after the decimal point - in which case it terminates at the decimal point, or (b) has a non-terminating sequence of 9s immediately after the decimal point.