Representing Real Numbers

• Real numbers have a whole part and a fractional part. For example 104.32, 0.999999, 357.0, and 3.14159.

  • the digits represent values according to their position, and
  • those position values are relative to the base.

• The positions to the right of the decimal point are the tenths position (10-1 or one tenth), the hundredths position (10-2 or one hundredth), etc.