document.write( "Question 238228: write the provided decimal in words
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Algebra.Com's Answer #175543 by College Student(505)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Disclosure: I got information from www.aaamath.com \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Decimals are a method of writing fractional numbers without writing a fraction having a numerator and denominator. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "The fraction 7/10 could be written as the decimal 0.7 \n" ); document.write( "The period or decimal point indicates that this is a decimal. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "The decimal 0.7 could be pronounced as SEVEN TENTHS or as ZERO POINT SEVEN. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "There are other decimals such as hundredths or thousandths. They all are based on the number ten just like our number system. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "A decimal may be greater than one. The decimal 3.7 would be pronounced as THREE AND SEVEN TENTHS. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "The fraction 37/100 could be written as the decimal 0.37. The period or decimal point indicates that this is a decimal. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "The decimal 0.37 could be pronounced as THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS or as ZERO POINT THREE SEVEN or ZERO POINT THIRTY-SEVEN. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "A decimal may be greater than 1. The decimal 12.37 could be pronounced as TWELVE AND THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS or as TWELVE POINT THIRTY-SEVEN. \n" ); document.write( " |