Decimal Place Value

Numbers can be of many forms, decimal number is one of such forms. In Math, decimals holds a very important Position. Numbers which contain decimal Point are known as Decimal Numbers. All whole Numbers are decimal numbers but all decimal numbers are not whole numbers. Only some part of Decimal number is called as Whole Number. Digits on left side of decimal number forms an Integer number and digits on right side of decimal forms a fraction number.

In mathematics, the decimal symbol is only (.) and there are no other Decimal Symbols. If we avoid this decimal Point from this number we cannot get the exact meaning of this number. The decimal point symbol totally changes the meaning of the number. The decimal symbol tells us the exact Position or place of any value. The decimal number system has a base or radix value of 10 which expand from 0 - 9. The Decimals place value to the right of decimal separator is defined by different names and that to the left of the separator are defined by another name.