@N; #array to store denominator for each question

for ($j=0; $j<$numPercents; $j++){		
          $thePercents[$k][$j] = (($theArrays[$k][$j] / $N[$j]) * 100); 
			       $thePercents[$k][$j] =  sprintf "%3.5f", $thePercents[$k][$j];

#I was trying to deal with the n.5 issue but this clearly won't work ...

          $factor = POSIX::floor($thePercents[$k][$j]);
			
			       if (($thePercents[$k][$j] - .5) < $factor) {
				               $thePercents[$k][$j] = POSIX::floor($thePercents[$k][$j]);
          } else {
				               $thePercents[$k][$j] = POSIX::ceil($thePercents[$k][$j]);
		       }
			

		}