0.048 rounded to the nearest 1?

Answer 1

I believe that 0.048 rounded to the nearest unit (whole number) would be 0. To round, you look to the right of the digit you’re rounding to. If it’s 0 through 4, you keep the digit the same and make everything after it 0. If it’s 5-9, you move the digit up on and make everything to the right zeroes. So, for example:

Round 21.9 to the nearest whole number.

We look at the 1, since that is what we are rounding to. We look to the right, and see that the next digit is a 9. So, we move the 1 up to a 2, and make any digits after 0, making our answer 22.

Or…

Round 21.3 to the nearest whole number.

We once again look to the right and see that the next digit is a 3. So, we round it down to 21 by keeping the 1 the same and making everything after zeroes.

In your problem (round 0.048 to the nearest whole number) we do the same thing. We look to the right of the first zero and see the second zero. This means we keep the first zero the same and make everything after it zeroes. So, our answer is 0.000, or 0.

I’m not sure if this is what you meant by “rounding to the nearest 1,” but I hope this helps!