Definition:Mixed Decimal
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Definition
A mixed decimal is a number consisting of a non-zero integer together with a decimal fraction.
Examples
Example: $27 \cdotp 63$
The number $27 \cdotp 63$ is a mixed decimal intepreted as:
| \(\ds 27 \cdotp 63\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 27 + \dfrac 6 {10} + \dfrac 3 {100}\) | ||||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 27 + \paren {6 \times 10^{-1} } + \paren {3 \times 10^{-2} }\) |
Also see
- Results about mixed decimals can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): decimal
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): decimal