A way to write tenths, hundredths, and other decimal fractions as numerals with digits and a decimal point. The digits to the left of the decimal point show the whole-number part of the number. The digits to the right of the decimal point show the fractional part less than 1.
Examples:
\(\frac{3}{10}\) written in decimal notation is 0.3.
\(\frac{25}{100}\) written in decimal notation is 0.25.
\(\frac{17}{10}\) written in decimal notation is 1.7.
\(2\frac{7}{100}\) written in decimal notation is 2.07.