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Decimals&Percentages
Maths
Term | Definition |
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5 or above round up, less than 5 round down | |
There are infinitely many decimal places in π | |
π is 3.141592654 to nine decimal places | |
For simplicity, we often write π as 3.14 i.e two decimal places | |
Engineers use 3.1416 as an approximation for π to 4 decimal places | |
Recurring Decimal | A decimal such as 0.484848... which contains infinitely many digits form a pattern, is called a recurring or repeating decimal |
Percentages | A percentage i s a special type of fraction. 'Per cent' means 'out of which 100' or 'per 100' |