Speaker: Not all numbers are whole numbers. Decimals are numbers that are between two whole numbers. So 1.4 is between 1 and 2. A decimal that starts with a 0 before the decimal point is less than 1.

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Packed decimal specifies a method of encoding decimal numbers by using each byte to represent two decimal digits. Packed decimal representation stores decimal data with exact precision. The fractional ...

Mathematics students face challenges with rational and irrational numbers. Understanding the principles and patterns simplifies this concept. Rational numbers can be fractions of integers. Irrational ...