Decimal calculator
The result:
1 / 4 = 0.25
The spelled result in words is zero point two five.Calculation steps
- Divide: 1 / 4 = 0.25
This calculator makes basic and advanced operations with decimals, real numbers, and integers. It also shows detailed step-by-step information about the calculation procedures. Solve problems with two, three, or more decimals in one expression. Add, subtract and multiply decimals step-by-step. This calculator uses addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division for positive or negative decimal numbers, integers, real numbers, and whole numbers. This online decimals calculator will help you understand adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing decimals.
The calculator follows well-known rules for the order of operations. The most common mnemonics for remembering this order of operations are:
PEMDAS - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.
BEDMAS - Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction
BODMAS - Brackets, Of or Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
GEMDAS - Grouping Symbols - brackets (){}, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.
MDAS - Multiplication and Division have the same precedence over Addition and Subtraction. The MDAS rule is the order of operations part of the PEMDAS rule.
Be careful; always do multiplication and division before addition and subtraction. Some operators (+ and -) and (* and /) have the same priority and must be evaluated from left to right.
Examples:
• addition of decimals: - 1.5 + 2.45• addition followed subtraction: 5 + 1 - 2
• multiplying decimals: 0.25 * 0.2
• division of a decimals: 5.2/0.5
• parenthesis: 3 + 7{4 + 3[2 - (8 - 4)×3] + 5}×2
• 2nd power and order of evaluation: 6 ^ 2 - (2 * 7 + 4 ^ 2)
• cube root: cuberoot(27)
• Convert fraction to a decimal: 3/4
• decimals and mixed numbers: 1.5 - 1 1/5
Decimals in word problems:
- My whole
My whole number is 88 if you add 5 thousandths, 8 tenths, and 7 thousandths. What number will I be? - Decimal number
I am a decimal number between 0.3 and 0.5. the digit in my hundredth place is five more than the digit in tenth place, off the number in tenth place is 4. what is the number? - Sunaina
Sunaina bought 3 kg 450-gram apples, 2 kg 500 G mangoes, and 1 kg 125-gram grapes. What is the weight of fruits bought by Sunaina? - Tania
Tania bought a book for $152.75, a pen for $45.25 and a chocolate for $28.75. What amount did she spend?
- A decimal number
I am a decimal number between 0.300 and 0.400. My hundredth digit is 3, and my tenth digit is 8. What number am I? - Whole part
35/16 = 2.1875. What is the whole number of this decimal? - Decimal places
How many decimal places would the product of 2.79 and 0.0043 have?
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