Sentences with phrase «fraction of a point»

If you can save a few fractions of a point on your interest rate, it can save you a fabulous amount on your mortgage.

P shall be expressed in points and fractions of points with par on the basis of 100 points (Rule 20102.C.)

A city that ranks in the middle in a given category gets half the maximum, while the lowest - ranked gets only a tiny fraction of a point.

Network performance is where the yellow variant of the One loses a few fractions of a point compared to its contemporaries.

«I won't close down businesses of sub-normal profitability merely to add a fraction of a point to our corporate rate of return.

With this strategy, the borrower pays a certain number of points (or even a fraction of a point) up front, in order to secure a mortgage lower rate.

The city's high school graduation rate slipped a fraction of a point last year, the State Education Department reported on June 11, marking the first time in 10 years that it has not gone up.

To her office troop hordes of angry parents, insisting that she raise their child's grade - point average by a fraction of a point or that she classify their daughter as learning disabled so she can have extra time on the SATs or that she push their son to apply to the father's alma mater even though the boy lacks the grades to get in.

In addition, scores are often reported as ranks, giving the illusion of great differences when in fact, the country ranked number one and country ranked number 10 might be separated by only a fraction of a point.

In that test, maximum points were scored for the protection of the passenger dummy and only a fraction of a point was lost for the driver.

The 500X scored maximum points for its protection of the 1 1/2 year dummy in the dynamic tests and lost only a fraction of a point for the 3 year dummy, for chest acceleration slightly over the good performance limit.

The Veloster lost only a fraction of a point in the dynamic tests for its protection of the 3 year dummy.

Child occupant Based on dummy restults in the dynamic tests, the 3 Series scored maximum points for its protection of the 18 month infant, and lost only a fraction of a point for protection of the 3 year old.

The driver dummy scores maximum points, with good protection of all body critical regions and the passenger dummy lost only a fraction of a point, with adequate chest protection.

The Jazz lost just a fraction of a point for its protection of the 1 1/2 dummy in the dynamic impact tests.

In fact, some banks or credit unions will shave a fraction of a point off your loan if you maintain an account and sign up to have payments automatically deducted.

Discount points are commonly used in mortgage lending and most rate quotes will include at least a fraction of a point.

Saving even a fraction of a point can mean huge savings over the life of a mortgage loan.

A community at the top could be awarded full marks, while those near the bottom receive just a fraction of a point.

And they want to know how their financial prospects would change if we tweaked the numbers by a fraction of a point.

After the press conference and performance, the zombies marched down Convention Center Drive to CES (followed by a couple snarky conference goers who failed to see even a fraction of the point the group was making), performed again at a busy corner, and waltzed right into the convention to moan, groan, and educate both the snarky and interested alike.

Such a small, low climb up the rate scale may not seem like much, but analysts believe ratcheting up even a fraction of a point may affect millions of Americans financially.

For the last few years, they have been only a fraction of a point away from receiving first place, according to Principal Ty Thompson.

Points — stands for a percentage point of the loan amount, typically makes up the origination fee, which can be a fraction of a point to multiple points.

Doing your homework on lenders and shopping around for the best deals makes a lot of sense especially when a fraction of a point will equal tens of thousands of dollars over the course of a mortgage loan.