Ticket #1713 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

Calculate-30 - result (im)precision can confuse user

Reported by: mikus Owned by: rwh
Priority: Unspecified by Maintainer Milestone: Unspecified by Release Team
Component: Calculate Version: 0.84.x
Severity: Unspecified Keywords:
Cc: Distribution/OS: Other (name your distribution in the description)
Bug Status: Unconfirmed

Description

Used calculate (on XO-1.5 running build os109) to multiply a value that started out as an amount in dollars and cents. Although with paper and pencil this particular calculation comes up with an EXACT answer, the result shown by Calculate had (IMHO unnecessarily) to be mentally rounded by the user to get the answer he expected.

I don't mind if the Activity's default answer is carried out to additional decimal places. But to be given an answer in the form of .xx399 (when the PRECISE result would be .xx400) is confusing.

Attachments

Calc.png Download (61.8 KB) - added by mikus 3 years ago.
screen snapshot of calculation showing an imprecise result

Change History

Changed 3 years ago by mikus

screen snapshot of calculation showing an imprecise result

Changed 3 years ago by garycmartin

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed

Tested in Calculate-32

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