1. *It will drop trailing zeros from the end of decimal. 2. Existing node numbers after this change received a trailing zero . 3. Leading and trailing zeros are unnecessary in this system. 4. In such a context, " simplifying " a number by removing trailing zeros would be incorrect. 5. Specifically, the old template would drop trailing zeros and make some anomalous precision choices in displaying decimal formats. 6. However, trailing zeros may be useful for indicating the number of significant figures, for example in a measurement. 7. If necessary, one can add trailing zeros to a shorter decimal to make it the same length as the longer decimal. 8. All nine digits of the MMSI can be used in such cases, and no longer need to end in trailing zeros . 9. For example, 14000 has three trailing zeros and is therefore divisible by 1000 = 10 3, but not by 10 4. 10. But then it's puzzling why two of the non-integral values have trailing zeros and the other two don't.