On Feb 1, 2:00 pm, "Nicko" <use... at nicko.org> wrote: > precision and the answer that they were looking for was: > a = (b * 04444444445L) >> 32 > Note that the constant there is in octal. 04444444445L? Shouldn´t it be 04444444444? Or more generally, const = (1<<bitPrecision)/7 a = (b * const)>>bitPrecision