Nombres décimaux et fractions décimales
Decimal fractions and decimal numbers describe new numbers to compensate for the inadequacy of whole numbers, especially for measuring length. The graduated ruler is one of the first encounters students have with decimal numbers. This video is an introduction to decimal fractions and decimal numbers. A decimal fraction is a division of a unit into a number of parts equal to a power of 10 (10, 100, 1000, etc.). A decimal number is a number that can be written as a decimal fraction.