All About Decimals
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 6:21 pm
1. What is the difference among ‘decimal number’, ‘decimal numeral’, ‘decimal fraction’, ‘decimal number system’ and ‘decimal numeral system’?
2. Is decimal a type of number? Is there any difference between ‘decimals’ and ‘decimal numbers’? What types of rational numbers include the numbers like $4.9$ and $3.\overline{56}$? And what types of irrational numbers include the numbers like $\pi$ and $2.71803...$? Can we represent an irrational number as decimal number or decimal fraction?
3. Is integer a type of decimal number or decimal numeral or decimal number system or decimal numeral system? For example, $12$ is an integer, but is it a decimal number?
2. Is decimal a type of number? Is there any difference between ‘decimals’ and ‘decimal numbers’? What types of rational numbers include the numbers like $4.9$ and $3.\overline{56}$? And what types of irrational numbers include the numbers like $\pi$ and $2.71803...$? Can we represent an irrational number as decimal number or decimal fraction?
3. Is integer a type of decimal number or decimal numeral or decimal number system or decimal numeral system? For example, $12$ is an integer, but is it a decimal number?