further to the left, where the left-most digit is not 0. For example, 5,000 is a four-digit integer, whereas 031 is not considered to be a three-digit integer. • Some other conventions involving numbers: one billion means 1,000,000,000, or 109 (not 1012 , as in some countries); one dozen means 12; the Greek letter p represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and is approximately 3.14. • When a positive number is to be rounded to a certain decimal place and the number is halfway…
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