Recognised as Decimal number

-0.000238

Negative
Decimal
6 d.p.
Exact fraction
3 s.f.

-0.000238 is a decimal number equal to -119⁄500,000. It lies between -1 and 0, and as a percentage it is -0.0238%.

Number properties

Absolute value0.000238

SignNegative

Integer part0

Fractional part0.000238

Decimal places6

Floor-1

Ceiling0

Rounded to nearest0

Truncated0

Fractions & ratios

As a fraction-119/500,000exact

Ratio-119 : 500,000

As a percentage-0.0238%

Reciprocal-4,201.6806722689≈

Arithmetic

Double-0.000476

Half-0.000119

Square5.6644 × 10^-8

Cube-1.3481272 × 10^-11

Cube root-0.0619715443≈

Negation0.000238

Representations

Decimal-0.000238

Scientific notation-2.38 × 10^-4

Exponential-2.38e-4

IEEE 754 binary64 (hex)0xBF2F31F46ED245B3the exact 64-bit pattern stored

IEEE 754 binary32 (hex)0xB9798FA332-bit single precision, may lose accuracy

Stored as-0.000238the nearest binary64 value to what you typed

Rounding & precision

Significant figures as written3counted from the digits as typed, not from the value

To 0 decimal places-0

To 1 decimal place-0.0

To 2 decimal places-0.00

To 3 decimal places-0.000

To 4 decimal places-0.0002

To 1 significant figure-0.0002

To 2 significant figures-0.00024

To 3 significant figures-0.000238

To 4 significant figures-0.0002380

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