# Does .999999 = 1 vPOLL **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 20, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546 "2006-06-20T08:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/1 "2006-06-20T08:06:47Z")
ok math nerds. only anwser if you can logically prove your anwser. **dont search the net.** **dont use a calculator.** **SEE PAGE THREE FOR THE ANWSER - Discuss 🙂** ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/2 "2006-06-20T08:10:44Z")
yes… but then again, this has been done. [OT.com](http://OT.com) had an 11ty page arguement about this a while back. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/3 "2006-06-20T08:31:28Z")
it all depends on the measuring equipment or the sig figs of numbers involved. For example: .444444 + .555555 = .999999 but 1 \* .999999 /= .999999 ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/4 "2006-06-20T08:33:52Z")
i voted 3…cause i used to play football and basketball with jon and hes retarded ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/5 "2006-06-20T08:44:45Z")
No. .9999999999999 is only equal to .9999999999999 Only 1 = 1 ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/6 "2006-06-20T10:33:50Z")
yes it does…cant add anything to it to make it only 1… ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/7 "2006-06-20T10:36:05Z")
NOPE ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/8 "2006-06-20T11:29:06Z")
1=1 .999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 = just that ---
**Author:** ![BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BaD_AZz_Z_28)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/9 "2006-06-20T11:45:27Z")
.99999 = 1, and the formula is pretty simple 😉 I was just tellin someone about it the other day ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/10 "2006-06-20T11:48:17Z")
The plane will take off! IB10PAGES ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/11 "2006-06-20T13:02:53Z")
I would think people that work on cars would immediately realize that if it’s not 1, then it’s not 1. If your car could do the 1/4 in 11.999999999 there’s no way in HELL you’d round that up and call it 12. You’d say you run in the 11s. 🙂 Right? I don’t get these kinds of threads. It’s not subjective. This is freakin’ math here. Any number is what it is, nothing more, nothing less. Are these threads created simply in hopes that someone will just say “yep, that’s what it is, 1?” What’s the confusion supposed to be? “Close enough?” If I had .999999 million dollars, I wouldn’t be a millionaire. I’d need another dollar. Sure, it’s only $1 away from an even million, but I wouldn’t have a whole million. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/12 "2006-06-20T13:10:44Z")
> [@PumiceT](#): > > What’s the confusion supposed to be? “Close enough?” If I had .999999 million dollars, I wouldn’t be a millionaire. I’d need another dollar. Sure, it’s only $1 away from an even million, but I wouldn’t have a whole million. .99999999999999999999999999999999999999 **million dollars** equals what? And what if You add a dollar to that? You’re OVER 1 million the question is what does .99999 repeating equal ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/13 "2006-06-20T13:17:22Z")
Guys, its not .9999, its .9999~ meaning the 9 continues on forever. The only reason that they say it is equal, is because you cannot subtract it from 1, because you cannot have 0.00000~, because that equals 0. And you cannot say “well, theres a 1 at the end there” but, there isn’t. The .9999~ goes on for eternity, just like the .0000~ does. It never stops to put the 1, meaning, its 0. so, 1-1 = 0. 1 - .9999~ = 0.0000~ which also equals 0. I still think its unequal and that the math is flawed, because it is a different number. Just because you cant WRITE .000000~ with it wanting to have a 1 at the end, does not mean that it doesn’t exist! 🙂 But, in essense of mathematics today, it does in fact equal 1. Sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/14 "2006-06-20T13:20:55Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > what does .99999 repeating equal PI ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/15 "2006-06-20T13:22:19Z")
So I guess the arguement is if the 9’s run out to infinity, and hence you can never add something to it to make it 1 (since you won’t know how many 0’s to put in front of your .1), that makes .9999 = 1? If so, that’s pretty stupid. Since when has 1’s oneness been defined by it’s ability to become the one by adding two less than one numbers together? And for that matter, is the oneitude of the one directly related to the colditude of the one? Because no one likes a warm one. EDIT: Ok, I had to read into this more. So the arguement that it is = 1 is that 1/3 is .3333 repeating, and 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1. Ok, but .33333 repeating isn’t 1/3rd, it’s a REPRESENTATION of 1/3. Depending on how far out you carry that .333 will decide how close to 1/3rd you get, but 1/3 cannot be represented entirely with a decimal. The arguement was that if you take .3333 repeating and multiply by 3, all the 3’s become 9’s, and since 1/3 x 3 = 1, .3333 repeating must equal 1. The problem with that is .3333 repeating isn’t 1/3rd, it’s only a representation. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/16 "2006-06-20T13:42:27Z")
2+2=5. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/17 "2006-06-20T13:43:16Z")
it all depends on who you ask… besides, does it ever apply to real world situations/math? I HIGHLY doubt it (no need for ANYTHING that accurate) ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/18 "2006-06-20T13:48:42Z")
In my example: $.999999 million = $999,999.00 But now I see the argument. Someone started this thread with too little info. ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/19 "2006-06-20T14:48:48Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > 2+2=5. that it does and NO INTERNET RESEARCH JUST ANWSER THE POLL ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546/20 "2006-06-20T14:55:35Z")
pi is exactly 3! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-999999-1-vpoll/13546.md?page=2)