The ability to round a number to a number of decimal places or to a number of significant figures is essential if answers are to be written to the correct degree of accuracy asked for in a question.

MATHEWS, G. A Triangle that gives the Area and Circumference of any Circle, and the Diameter of a Circle equal in Area to any given Square. Nature 93, 110 (1914 ...

I’m a journalism student in college, and math is one of the requirements for not only graduation, but also to help me transfer to a four-year school. There are going to be some situations coming my ...

Any point P with coordinates (\(x,~y\)) on the circumference of a circle can be joined to the centre (0, 0) by a straight line that forms the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle with sides of length ...

The radius of a circle or a sphere is the distance between the center and the edge. The radius can be used to calculate a circle's diameter, area and circumference. Likewise, a sphere's volume is ...

Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Every year, the celebration of Pi Day (March 14 is 3.14) grows more ambitious. Math ...