I don't understand decimals that much. Can you help?

Sure. These sites have great information about decimals.

http://www.aaamath.com/dec.html

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on a very basic level decimals are just parts of numbers, like fractions of a whole. with each place to the right being 10 times less than what it was previously eg 0.1 is ten times less than 1 and 0.01 is ten times less than 0.1. this also makes 0.01, 100 times less than 1.

hope that helped a little but check out the sites above as well.

reduce simplify a fraction to its lowest terms 10/12

Certainly! Decimals are an important part of mathematics and understanding them can be useful in various real-life situations. I'll be happy to help you understand decimals.

Decimals are a way of representing fractions or parts of a whole with numbers. They provide a more precise and concise way of expressing quantities than fractions.

To understand decimals, it's helpful to start with the concept of place value. In any number, each digit holds a place value based on its position from the decimal point.

For example, let's take the decimal number 3.14. The digit 3 is in the "ones" place, the digit 1 is in the "tenths" place, and the digit 4 is in the "hundredths" place.

Here's how you can read and interpret this decimal:
3.14 can be read as "three and fourteen hundredths."

To convert a decimal into a fraction, you can use the place value of each digit. In our example, 3.14 can be written as the fraction 314/100.

If you'd like to perform arithmetic operations involving decimals, it's important to align the decimal points before adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing. This ensures that each place value lines up correctly.

Decimals also have a number line representation, where you can plot them along a horizontal line to understand their relative values. The further to the right a decimal is on the number line, the larger it is.

With practice and exposure to real-life examples, such as money, measurements, or percentages, you'll become more comfortable with decimals. Feel free to ask any specific questions you may have, and I'll be here to help you further!