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Only resounding wins over their nearest rivals now return a few more decimals.

Despite leaving school at a young age and initially finding terms like "decimals" and "algebra" intimidating, Mr Elsom is said to have quite a talent for working with figures.

Magnitude refers to the size of an earthquake, with increases marked as decimal points.

Imagine a mathematical problem, in which the true answer runs to 32 decimal places but the shortened version runs to eight.

Although electronic chip timers record runners' completed laps, the unfinished final loop is measured - to three decimal places - by a race adjudicator with a wheel straight from a 1990s PE lesson.