[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR718.10]

[Page 85]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 718--PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 718.10  Rule of fractions.

    (a) Rounding of fractions shall be done after the completion of the 
entire computation which is being made. In making mathematical 
determinations all computations shall be carried to two decimal places 
beyond the required number of decimal places as specified in the 
regulations governing each program. In rounding, fractional digits of 49 
or less beyond the required number of decimal places shall be dropped; 
if the fractional digits beyond the required number of decimal places 
are 50 or more, the figure sat the last required decimal place shall be 
increased by ``1'' as follows:

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          Required decimal                Computation          Result
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Whole numbers......................  6.49 (or less).......        6
                                     6.50 (or more).......        7
Tenths.............................  7.649 (or less)......        7.6
                                     7.650 (or more)......        7.7
Hundredths.........................  8.8449 (or less).....        8.84
                                     8.8450 (or more).....        8.85
Thousandths........................  9.63449 (or less)....        9.634
                                     9.63450 (or more)....        9.635
10 thousandths.....................  10.993149 (or less)..       10.9931
                                     10.993150 (or more)..       10.9932
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    (b) The acreage of each field or subdivision computed for tobacco 
and CCC disaster assistance programs shall be recorded in acres and 
hundredths of an acre, dropping all thousandths of an acre. The acreage 
of each field or subdivision computed for crops, except tobacco, shall 
be recorded in acres and tenths of an acre, rounding all hundredths of 
an acre to the nearest tenth.