James McIlree wrote: | Somehow, I'm getting a different answer for 30305/100000 | than you are. I think the answer should indeed be 30.30, but | I am not a fp whiz. Rounding error. 30.305 rounds to 30.31. 0.005 rounds up, 0.004 rounds down. I'm guessing you might just be dropping everything after the second decimal place instead of rounding. Daniel South