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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of calculation for basic and diluted EPS | The calculation for basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31 is as follows:
(in millions, except per share amounts) | 2016 |  | 2015
Amounts attributable to McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. common shareholders: |  |  |
Net income | $ | 294 |  |  | $ | 303 |
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding | 265.0 |  |  | 273.5 |
Effect of stock options and other dilutive securities | 2.2 |  |  | 2.8 |
Diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding | 267.2 |  |  | 276.3 |
Earnings per share attributable to McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. common shareholders: |  |  |
Net income: |  |  |
Basic | $ | 1.11 |  |  | $ | 1.11 |
Diluted | $ | 1.10 |  |  | $ | 1.10 |

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