“I used to hate math, but then I realized decimals have a point”

“I used to hate math, but then I realized decimals have a point” is a jocular math saying that has been printed on many images. “Decimals have a point” was posted on the newsgroup news.newusers.questions on May 31, 1996.
   
“I used to hate maths but then I realised decimals have a point” was posted on the website Pun of the Day on May 7, 2012.
   
   
Google Groups: news.newusers.questions
SUMMIT tapestreamer
JH Meyer
5/31/96
(...)
Thanks a million, Johan Meyer.
(Decimals have a point)
 
Google Books
Mathematically Speaking:
A Dictionary of Quotations

By C.C. Gaither and Alma E Cavazos-Gaither
Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Physics Publishing
1998
Pg. 42:     
Decimals have a point,
source unknown
   
Google Books
Junior Skill Builders:
Basic Math in 15 Minutes a Day

By LearningExpress (Organization)
New York, NY: LearningExpress
2008
Pg. 47:
Decimals have a point. — AUTHOR UNKNOWN
 
Twitter
lghill84
@lghill84
decimals have a point…
2:32 PM - 17 Nov 2008
       
Twitter
Terry Dexter
@GolfFanboy
I used to hate maths but then I realised decimals have a point.[Click to Vote!]
  - lol
3:11 AM - 7 May 2012
   
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Sidney Weber
@sidneyweber79
May 7, 2012 - I used to hate… - I used to hate maths but then I realised decimals have a point.[Click to Vote!] http://ow.ly/1jxr2u
8:39 PM - 7 May 2012
 
Google Groups: BunchofCurators
Clickable Classic Jokes V: Math Humor
ubbiebubbie1234
4/16/13
(...)
I used to hate maths but then I realised decimals have a point.
 
Twitter
Singaporean Teacher
@SGTeacherSays
I know most of you hate maths but you gotta admit that decimals have a point.
8:46 AM - 29 Jul 2013
     
17 October 2015, Daily Star (London, UK), “You’re Having a Laugh,” pg. 23:
I USED to hate maths but then I realised decimals have a point.
PETE H, Blackburn
 
Twitter
Cheesy Jokes
@Derpey
I used to hate math
But now I realised decimals
        have a point
10:18 AM - 29 Nov 2015
 
Twitter
Christmas Karol
@AdamKarol65
I used to really hate math, but I’m starting to realize that decimals have a point
12:43 PM - 9 Jun 2018