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  2. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    The rule to calculate significant figures for multiplication and division are not the same as the rule for addition and subtraction. For multiplication and division, only the total number of significant figures in each of the factors in the calculation matters; the digit position of the last significant figure in each factor is irrelevant.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Significand - Wikipedia

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    The significand [1] (also coefficient, [1] sometimes argument, [2] or more ambiguously mantissa, [3] fraction, [4] [5] [nb 1] or characteristic [6] [3]) is the first (left) part of a number in scientific notation or related concepts in floating-point representation, consisting of its significant digits.

  5. Single-precision floating-point format - Wikipedia

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    This gives from 6 to 9 significant decimal digits precision. If a decimal string with at most 6 significant digits is converted to the IEEE 754 single-precision format, giving a normal number, and then converted back to a decimal string with the same number of digits, the final result should match the original string. If an IEEE 754 single ...

  6. Accuracy and precision - Wikipedia

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    A reading of 8,000 m, with trailing zeros and no decimal point, is ambiguous; the trailing zeros may or may not be intended as significant figures. To avoid this ambiguity, the number could be represented in scientific notation: 8.0 × 10 3 m indicates that the first zero is significant (hence a margin of 50 m) while 8.000 × 10 3 m indicates ...

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    It’s the latest significant drop for the adjustment, which was 3.2% for 2024 and 8.7% in 2023. ... the measure used to calculate the COLA, doesn’t fully capture the spending habits of seniors ...

  8. Trailing zero - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, trailing zeros are a sequence of 0 in the decimal representation (or more generally, in any positional representation) of a number, after which no other digits follow. Trailing zeros to the right of a decimal point, as in 12.340, don't affect the value of a number and may be omitted if all that is of interest is its numerical value.

  9. Ask the experts: My kids will begin college in 10 years. What ...

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    An advisor can help you calculate future college expenses based on your goals and budget, factoring in inflation and any potential financial aid or scholarships your child might receive.