How you would use your calculator to round 5.3458 to the nearest hundredth?

Answer 1

You would not use your calculator to do that job. You're totally on your own.

-- First, you need to know which position is "hundredths" in that number.

-- It is the ' 4 '.

-- You will throw away everything after that ' 4 ', but first you will decide whether the ' 4 ' should stay a ' 4 ', or whether it should be changed.

-- In order to make that decision, look at the next digit after the ' 4 '.

If it is less than 5, then don't change the ' 4 '.

If it is 5 or more, then make the ' 4 ' bigger by ' 1 '.

-- The next digit after the ' 4 ' is ' 5 '.

It is 5 or more.

So you must make the ' 4 ' bigger by ' 1 '.

-- After you round it to the nearest hundredth, the given number is 5.35 .

Your calculator can't do that.