The decimal number system, also known as the base-10 system, represents numbers using base 10 and is referred to as decimal notation. It consists of 10 digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

While adding up your grocery bill in the supermarket, you’re probably not thinking how important or sophisticated our number system is. But the discovery of the present system, by unknown ...

All numbers in this book are in decimal notation unless there is an explicit indication to the contrary. (Decimal notation is normally taken for granted, of course. Unfortunately, for certain other ...

• Decimal (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by ...

Comparing these numbers, the familiar decimal notation is the most efficient by far: only two digits are needed to write down 17, which could be advantageous for a computer.