Recognised as Decimal number

-0.999971

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

-0.999971 is a decimal number equal to -999,971⁄1,000,000. It lies between -1 and 0, and as a percentage it is -99.9971%.

Number properties

Absolute value0.999971

SignNegative

Integer part0

Fractional part0.999971

Decimal places6

Floor-1

Ceiling0

Rounded to nearest-1

Truncated0

Fractions & ratios

As a fraction-999,971/1,000,000exact

Ratio-999,971 : 1,000,000

As a percentage-99.9971%

Reciprocal-1.0000290008≈

Arithmetic

Double-1.999942

Half-0.499986

Square0.999942

Cube-0.999913

Cube root-0.9999903332≈

Negation0.999971

Representations

Decimal-0.999971

Scientific notation-9.99971 × 10^-1

Exponential-9.99971e-1

IEEE 754 binary64 (hex)0xBFEFFFC32EBE596Dthe exact 64-bit pattern stored

IEEE 754 binary32 (hex)0xBF7FFE1932-bit single precision, may lose accuracy

Stored as-0.999971the nearest binary64 value to what you typed

Rounding & precision

Significant figures as written6counted from the digits as typed, not from the value

To 0 decimal places-1

To 1 decimal place-1.0

To 2 decimal places-1.00

To 3 decimal places-1.000

To 4 decimal places-1.0000

To 1 significant figure-1

To 2 significant figures-1.0

To 3 significant figures-1.00

To 4 significant figures-1.000

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