what are decimals

Decimals plays an important role in our daily life. They helps us to write the length, weight of an quantity purchased in small units. It also helps in calculating small amount of money etc.

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 in money chapter, where the points are placed, the points are called decimals.

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 A decimal is a fraction whose denominator can be expressed as 10 or some higher power of 10.

 
Example:
0.6, 3.57, 4.675 are some examples of decimal numbers.
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 Decimals are the numbers which have some part with them that is less than 1 and greater than or equal zero. These parts are called decimal parts. The decimal parts of decimal points are always present after a decimal point.

For example: 2.35, 4.5 and 7.25 are the decimals or decimal numbers.
Here 2, 3 and 7 are the ordinary countable numbers
In the decimal number 2.35, 2 is a countable number and the additional part 0.35 is the decimal part. This decimal part is greater than zero and less than one
 
Similarly, the decimal parts associated with the decimals 4.5 and 7.25 are 0.5 and 0.25 respectively.
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decimals are the numbers which have a point

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A decimal system involves counting in units of ten.

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