Accuracy is how different a given number is from the truth. Let’s say that the true number of apples in the box is 100. None of the numbers in the responses 90, 120, 96, 20, 99, 102, 112, 68, 90, and 109 is accurate, although “99” and “102” are more accurate than “20” and “120”. Finally, even though all the numbers are inaccurate, all the numbers in the list have the same precision (they are all written as integers with no fractional component).