decimal
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It reminds me of the joke that you know an economist has a sense of humor if he uses decimal points.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
"I was one decimal point away from being diabetic," Doran, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
According to Fodor, the new work confirms the Standard Model to 11 decimal places and significantly narrows the chances that unknown physics is hiding in this particular measurement.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
“My usual rule of thumb is, move the decimal point one place to the left,” Matheson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Everything had been readied—new shoes that did not pinch, spiral notepads that rustled like dollars from the bank, and yellow pencils sharpened to a decimal point, without a tooth mark to be found.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Only resounding wins over their nearest rivals now return a few more decimals.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
The leaders of those and other rate stats — expressed with decimals — are now sprinkled with Negro League standouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
Eventually she leads us toward more abstract concepts such as the polar coordinate system, a graphical approach to defining a point using distance and angle, as well as irrational numbers and decimals that repeat infinitely.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023
We’ll write the steps to take when dividing decimals for easy reference.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
Whether this report is accurate or not, I’m convinced that a sizable minority of adult Americans wouldn’t be able to pass a simple test on percentages, decimals, fractions, and conversions from one to another.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Arithmetic
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