MLC Board Meeting 45/17/03: - University of Oregon

Unfortunately, the 8-digit calculator’s number line is not the same as the number line that you had been learning about in school. Divide 1 by 3, multiply the result by 3, and the result is not 1. Aha, you say. That is just an example of a rounding error, and is certainly easy to spot and to explain. (Note that one can memorize the term ... ................
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