Sentence examples for decimal from inspiring English sources

In cell C1, input the formula (without the quote marks) "=1+((1-SQRT(5))/2-1)", which will result in the value of.618033988749895 being displayed when the cell number is formatted for 14 decimal places.

His website notes his waist measurement, cock size and gayness to a precision of one decimal point ("97.5%").

Anecdotal evidence suggests the Republican approach was more effective, or at least worked well enough to neutralise the Democrats' traditional advantage in voter turnout.Because they could co-ordinate their efforts with the campaigns, Republicans could create precinct lists, with targets for voter turnout precise to two decimal figures.

You can tell Mr Rajan is worried that India is in a tight spot because he answers to a decimal place without checking his BlackBerry or computer.On September 4th he became the 23rd governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), perhaps the country's best institution.

Both countries fail (in Lithuania's case by less than a decimal point) the criterion that new members must have inflation no more than 1.5% above the average of the three lowest rates in the EU.

ELECTION officials have not yet tallied every last vote but with 98% counted, the last few ballot papers will not move each party's final share by more than a decimal place.

Termly reports in secondary schools record pupils' marks, in Cartesian fashion, to the nearest two decimal points.

Because they put decimal points in their forecastsSince we don't know (for certain) how well the economy did in the past, what can we say about how it will do in the future?

When asked to divide one integer by another, he unhesitatingly recites the answer to 60 decimal places.

It blossomed in the 1990s at firms such as Bankers Trust and JPMorgan, which developed "value-at-risk" (VAR), a way for banks to calculate how much they could expect to lose when things got really rough.Suddenly it seemed possible for any financial risk to be measured to five decimal places, and for expected returns to be adjusted accordingly.

But the lessons were half a crown each: 12.5p in decimal money, or 21 cents, far too much for a factory worker.