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  2. Rounding - Wikipedia

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    One may also round half away from zero (or round half toward infinity), a tie-breaking rule that is commonly taught and used, namely: If the fractional part of x is exactly 0.5, then y = x + 0.5 if x is positive, and y = x − 0.5 if x is negative.

  3. 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.

  4. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    If the n + 1 digit is greater than 5 or is 5 followed by other non-zero digits, add 1 to the n digit. 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 ...

  5. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    1. Denotes subtraction and is read as minus; for example, 3 – 2. 2. Denotes the additive inverse and is read as minus, the negative of, or the opposite of; for example, –2. 3. Also used in place of \ for denoting the set-theoretic complement; see \ in § Set theory. × (multiplication sign) 1.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 2025 NBA All-Stars: Selecting the West starters and reserves ...

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    Dončić’s partner, Kyrie Irving, has been characteristically excellent, averaging 24.2 points, 4.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game and shooting a career-best 43% from 3-point land.

  8. Round-off error - Wikipedia

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    Round-by-chop: The base-expansion of is truncated after the ()-th digit. This rounding rule is biased because it always moves the result toward zero. Round-to-nearest: () is set to the nearest floating-point number to . When there is a tie, the floating-point number whose last stored digit is even (also, the last digit, in binary form, is equal ...

  9. Mortgage and refinance rates for Jan. 6, 2025: Average rates ...

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    Rates on a 15-year mortgage stand at an average 6.30% for purchase and 6.33% for refinance, down 4 basis points from 6.34% for purchase and 1 basis point from 6.34% for refinance this time last week.