# 9/10ths of a cent?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-10ths-of-a-cent/183321>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-10ths-of-a-cent/183321 "2003-06-21T01:04:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![photons4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@photons4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photons4life)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-10ths-of-a-cent/183321/1 "2003-06-21T01:04:19Z")

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Why is the price of a gallon of gas always qouted down to 9/10ths of a cent. Nothing else I can think of is priced that way. Is it simply to make the price look cheaper than it is? Or is there a more interesting reason. I’m about using 1/10th of my brain thinking about this.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-10ths-of-a-cent/183321/2 "2003-06-21T01:19:14Z")

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This is being discussed in another thread, so I’ll close this one and direct further comment to the earlier thread: [Why do all gasoline prices have that extra “9”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=192227)

bibliophage  
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