DefinitionIn simple terms: Decimals are of the system of real numbers whose place value is based on 10(base-10 positional notation) where every digit is a power of 10. A decimal is literally a more human-readable version of a similar character literal, which is composed of a integer number, followed by a dot, and a fraction part. There are two types of decimals: finite* (ending; albeit as is often the case, that end is simply arbitrary with the decimal being cut off after a certain number of digits after the radix point) and infinite (indicate a repeating pattern of one or more decimal digits). Decimals The decimal base is used in all decimal arithmetic, arithmetic and scientific notation because it provides an exact representation of quantities. Ex: 31 = 0.33333…. (Infinite Repeating Digit 3)
