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Decimals
Decimal places form the fractional part of a decimal number.
Explanation
They are the digits to the right of the decimal point. A radix point is used to separate the integer portion of a number from the fraction portion.
Example 1
The number 1½ can also be written as
Example 2
A transcendental number has an infinite number of decimals, and a pattern never repeats itself. The best known transcendental number is π. This number represents the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle. It has the value
Example 3
If you convert the fraction 1/81 to a decimal number, a pattern that repeats itself emerges
The three dots mean that there are an infinite number of decimals. Therefore, it is a repeating fraction.
Example 4
The Copeland-Erdős constant is created by writing all the prime numbers as decimals after each other