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One may also round half to odd, a similar tie-breaking rule to round half to even. In this approach, if the fractional part of x is 0.5, then y is the odd integer nearest to x . Thus, for example, 23.5 becomes 23, as does 22.5; while −23.5 becomes −23, as does −22.5.
Integers between 2 53 and 2 54 = 18,014,398,509,481,984 round to a multiple of 2 (even number). Integers between 2 54 and 2 55 = 36,028,797,018,963,968 round to a multiple of 4. Integers between 2 n and 2 n+1 round to a multiple of 2 n−52.
For example, to round 1.25 to 2 significant figures: Round half away from zero rounds up to 1.3. This is the default rounding method implied in many disciplines [citation needed] if the required rounding method is not specified. Round half to even, which rounds to the nearest even number. With this method, 1.25 is rounded down to 1.2.
Here the 'IEEE 754 double value' resulting of the 15 bit figure is 3.330560653658221E-15, which is rounded by Excel for the 'user interface' to 15 digits 3.33056065365822E-15, and then displayed with 30 decimals digits gets one 'fake zero' added, thus the 'binary' and 'decimal' values in the sample are identical only in display, the values ...
In decimal notation, a number ending in the digit "5" is also considered more round than one ending in another non-zero digit (but less round than any which ends with "0"). [2] [3] For example, the number 25 tends to be seen as more round than 24. Thus someone might say, upon turning 45, that their age is more round than when they turn 44 or 46 ...
A fixed-point representation of a fractional number is essentially an integer that is to be implicitly multiplied by a fixed scaling factor. For example, the value 1.23 can be stored in a variable as the integer value 1230 with implicit scaling factor of 1/1000 (meaning that the last 3 decimal digits are implicitly assumed to be a decimal fraction), and the value 1 230 000 can be represented ...
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Prices can also be quoted with a "plus", meaning one sixty-fourth (1/64) of one percent or half a tick. [2] That means that a price is quoted as, for instance, 99-30+, meaning 99 and 61/64 percent (or 30.5/32 percent) of the face value.