alleryStart learning →A candidate writes a quantity as 3.75 rather than as a fraction. Writing numbers this way is called:
ADecimal notation
BDiagonal notation
CDoubling notation
DDividing notation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Decimal notation
1. The digits after the point stand for tenths, hundredths and so on.
2. That is a different way of writing the same value as a fraction.
3. Writing a number with a decimal point is decimal notation.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 5, Decimals._
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