Recognised as Decimal number

-0.427

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

-0.427 is a decimal number equal to -427⁄1,000. It lies between -1 and 0, and as a percentage it is -42.7%.

Number properties

Absolute value0.427

SignNegative

Integer part0

Fractional part0.427

Decimal places3

Floor-1

Ceiling0

Rounded to nearest0

Truncated0

Fractions & ratios

As a fraction-427/1,000exact

Ratio-427 : 1,000

As a percentage-42.7%

Reciprocal-2.3419203747≈

Arithmetic

Double-0.854

Half-0.2135

Square0.182329

Cube-0.077854

Cube root-0.7530248212≈

Negation0.427

Representations

Decimal-0.427

Scientific notation-4.27 × 10^-1

Exponential-4.27e-1

IEEE 754 binary64 (hex)0xBFDB53F7CED91687the exact 64-bit pattern stored

IEEE 754 binary32 (hex)0xBEDA9FBE32-bit single precision, may lose accuracy

Stored as-0.427the 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-0.4

To 2 decimal places-0.43

To 3 decimal places-0.427

To 4 decimal places-0.4270

To 1 significant figure-0.4

To 2 significant figures-0.43

To 3 significant figures-0.427

To 4 significant figures-0.4270

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