So, the number \(5.743\) is said to have 3 decimal places. The number \(5.1492\) has four decimal places, while \(4.34\) has two decimal places. To round a number to a given number of decimal ...

If you’re getting a little more busy with geometry, science, or engineering, you might have tacked on a few extra decimal places in your usual calculations. But what about the big dogs?

Chris BurgessRounding a result to the required number of decimal places is easy, isn’t it? After all, we were all taught at college or university that only two rules are needed. Rule 1: If the digit ...

On Pi Day (March 14), NASA reminded us why we need only a small slice of the irrational number's infinite decimal places to explain most of the known universe. When you purchase through links on ...

Since there’s a 2 in front of the decimal place, put “1828" a second time. We’re now up to 2.718281828. Robert Talbert is a mathematician and educator with interests in cryptology ...