## LaTeX forum ⇒ General ⇒ LaTeX table floating problem

LaTeX specific issues not fitting into one of the other forums of this category.
praveen25488
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:35 am

### LaTeX table floating problem

Table unnecessarily floats to next page. I want it to be placed where it is specified.
1. \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
2. \usepackage{multirow}
3. \usepackage{graphicx}
4. \usepackage[scaled=1]{helvet}
5. \usepackage[helvet]{sfmath}
6. \usepackage{graphicx}
7. \setcounter{chapter}{0}
8. \frontmatter
9. \usepackage{multicol}
10. \setlength{\columnsep}{1cm}
11. \begin{document}
12. \chapter{Exponents}
13. \begin{multicols}{2}
14. \renewcommand{\theenumii}{\Alph{enumii}}
15. \begin{enumerate}
16. \item
17. \begin{table*}[!htbp]
18. \begin{tabular}{cc|c|c|c|c}
19. \cline{3-5}
20. & & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{Course} &
21. \\ \cline{3-6}
22. & & Algebra I & Geometry & Algebra II & \multicolumn{1}{c|}
23. {Total} \\ \hline
24. \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\multirow{2}{*}{Gender}} & Female & 35 & 53 & 62 & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{150} \\ \cline{2-6}
25. \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & Male & 44 & 59 & 57 & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{160} \\ \hline
26. \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Total} & 79 & 112 & 119 & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{310} \\ \hline
27. \end{tabular}
28. \end{table*}
29. A group of tenth-grade students responded to a survey that asked which math
30. course they were currently enrolled in. The survey data were broken down as
31. she able above. Which of the following categories accounts for approximately
32. 19 percent of all the survey respondents?
33. \begin{enumerate}
34. \item Females taking Geometry
35. \item Females taking Algebra II
36. \item Males taking Geometry
37. \item Males taking Algebra I
38. \end{enumerate}
39. \item
40. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
41. $\sqrt[3]{a}\cdot a \cdot \sqrt[5]{a^2}$ for $a > 0$ ?
42. \\
43. \begin{enumerate}
44. \item $a^\frac{2}{15}$\\
45. \item $a^\frac{6}{15}$\\
46. \item $a^\frac{11}{15}$\\
47. \item $a^\frac{26}{15}$\\
48. \end{enumerate}
49. \item
50. $$\sqrt{16y^2}$$
51. If $x>0$, which of the following is equivalent to the given expression?\\
52. \begin{enumerate}
53. \item $4y$\\
54. \item $4y^2$\\
55. \item $32y$\\
56. \item $32y^2$\\
57. \end{enumerate}
58. \end{enumerate}
59. \end{multicols}
60. \end{document}

Stefan Kottwitz
Posts: 9406
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:44 pm
Welcome to the forum!

In that case, simply don't use a table environment. It is for floating, captions, and labeling/referencing, and you don't use anything of that, so you can easily omit it. tabular works fine without table.

1. \begin{enumerate}
2. \item
3. \begin{tabular}{cc|c|c|c|c}
4. \cline{3-5}
5. & & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{Course} &
6. \\ \cline{3-6}
7. & & Algebra I & Geometry & Algebra II & \multicolumn{1}{c|}
8. {Total} \\ \hline
9. \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\multirow{2}{*}{Gender}} & Female & 35 & 53 & 62 & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{150} \\ \cline{2-6}
10. \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & Male & 44 & 59 & 57 & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{160} \\ \hline
11. \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Total} & 79 & 112 & 119 & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{310} \\ \hline
12. \end{tabular}
13. ...

Stefan