Given the list of numbers: 4.99,5.011
Which of them is closest to 5
Calculate absolute difference for 5 and 4.99
Absolute Difference = |5 - 4.99|
Absolute Difference = |0.0099999999999998|
Absolute Difference = 0.0099999999999998
Calculate absolute difference for 5 and 5.011
Absolute Difference = |5 - 5.011|
Absolute Difference = |-0.011|
Absolute Difference = 0.011
Find the closest number to 5
We want the smallest absolute difference
4.99
What is the Answer?
4.99
How does the Closest Number Calculator work?
Free Closest Number Calculator - Calculates the closest number of your choice from a given set of numbers
This calculator has 1 input.
This calculator has 1 input.
What 1 formula is used for the Closest Number Calculator?
Closest Number = Number with the smallest absolute difference
What 4 concepts are covered in the Closest Number Calculator?
- absolute difference
- The distance on a number line between 2 values.
|x - y| - absolute value
- A positive number representing the distance from 0 on a number line
- integer
- a whole number; a number that is not a fraction
...,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,... - subtraction
- math operation involving the difference of elements
