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  2. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    For example, if we want to round 1.2459 to 3 significant figures, then this step results in 1.25. If the n + 1 digit is 5 not followed by other digits or followed by only zeros, then rounding requires a tie-breaking rule. For example, to round 1.25 to 2 significant figures: Round half away from zero rounds up to 1.3.

  3. Rounding - Wikipedia

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    Approximating a fraction by a fractional decimal number: 5 / 3 1.6667: 4 decimal places: Approximating a fractional decimal number by one with fewer digits 2.1784: 2.18 2 decimal places Approximating a decimal integer by an integer with more trailing zeros 23217: 23200: 3 significant figures Approximating a large decimal integer using ...

  4. Numeric precision in Microsoft Excel - Wikipedia

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    Excel maintains 15 figures in its numbers, but they are not always accurate; mathematically, the bottom line should be the same as the top line, in 'fp-math' the step '1 + 1/9000' leads to a rounding up as the first bit of the 14 bit tail '10111000110010' of the mantissa falling off the table when adding 1 is a '1', this up-rounding is not undone when subtracting the 1 again, since there is no ...

  5. Double-precision floating-point format - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Round number - Wikipedia

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    A round number is an integer that ends with one or more "0"s (zero-digit) in a given base. [1] So, 590 is rounder than 592, but 590 is less round than 600. In both technical and informal language, a round number is often interpreted to stand for a value or values near to the nominal value expressed.

  7. Sample size determination - Wikipedia

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    For B = 10% one requires n = 100, for B = 5% one needs n = 400, for B = 3% the requirement approximates to n = 1000, while for B = 1% a sample size of n = 10000 is required. These numbers are quoted often in news reports of opinion polls and other sample surveys. However, the results reported may not be the exact value as numbers are preferably ...

  8. Large numbers - Wikipedia

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    These are very round numbers, ... in the definition of Graham's number, g 2 = 3 ↑ g 1 3 > 10 ... 6.2 the result of proper rounding using significant figures, ...

  9. Guard digit - Wikipedia

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    The addition of the two numbers is: 0.0256*10^2 2.3400*10^2 + _____ 2.3656*10^2 After padding the second number (i.e., ) with two s, the bit after is the guard digit, and the bit after is the round digit