DECIMAL FRACTION Definition & Meaning

decimal fraction

[ des-uh-muhl frak-shuhn, des-muhl ]

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noun

Arithmetic.

a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a decimal point placed before the numerator, as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.

decimal fraction

noun

another name for decimal

decimal fraction

A decimal having no digits to the left of the decimal point except zero, such as 0.2 or 0.00354.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of decimal fraction¹

First recorded in 1650–60

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“All you have to remember is that every ordinary fraction can be converted into an infinite periodic decimal fraction. See? So 3/7 is 0.428571.”

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“All you have to re-member is that every ordinary fraction can be converted into an infinite periodic decimal fraction. “This is the craziest family.”

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Even a 1-0 or 2-1 defeat to South Africa would see the victors go level on points with England, but above them by a decimal fraction.

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Knowledge of the metric system for linear and square measure would perhaps, as an introduction to decimal fractions, more than save the time spent to learn it.

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They must also be able to change vulgar fractions into decimal fractions, and vice versâ, with examples like the following:— Change 15/16 into a decimal fraction of the same value.

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