# Use of Math block

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [July 20, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317 "2019-07-20T07:53:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Elisha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/patrick_elisha/32/68464_2.png) [@Patrick\_Elisha](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Patrick_Elisha)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317/1 "2019-07-20T07:53:38Z")

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How to convert/round a number to 3 places of decimal. For example:  
2.73694647 to 2.737  
Can’t figure out particular blocks to use.  
Someone help me out!

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317/2 "2019-07-20T08:57:52Z")

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> [@Rounding a Number](http://community.thunkable.com/t/rounding-a-number/56174):
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> The Thunkable ‘round’ function will round a given number to its closest whole number. However, there are times when you want to round a number to a certain number of decimals. A common example of this is with money. Taking the Euro as an example, people commonly want to round to the nearest cent instead of the nearest euro. Here is how to round a number to 2 decimal places: [image] Let’s use an example. A product costs €10/kg. It is currently on sale, and costs ⅔ of its normal price. 10 \*…

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Elisha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/patrick_elisha/32/68464_2.png) [@Patrick\_Elisha](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Patrick_Elisha)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317/3 "2019-07-20T10:20:17Z")

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Thank you for this enlightenment.  
Problem solved!

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**Author:** ![samclever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@samclever](https://community.thunkable.com/u/samclever)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317/4 "2019-07-20T15:30:42Z")

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Remember to always search the forums before posting 🙂

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**Author:** ![dsanguri20f95l8v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dsanguri20f95l8v](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dsanguri20f95l8v)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317/5 "2023-08-24T06:09:25Z")

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the images you uploaded are not available, can you re-upload them ? please

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/use-of-math-block/149317/6 "2024-11-08T12:12:12Z")

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