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Q: When rounding whole number to the nearest ten if the number in the ones place is greater or equal to 5 should you round up or down?
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How are estimating and rounding different?

Estimating is a guess that should be close to the answer. Round is rounding a number up to the nearest ten, hundred. Example $345.89 round to the nearest dollar is $345.


In rounding numbers to the nearest whole number would 6.54 be 6 or 7?

6.54 would be 7. Any value greater than 0.51 in decimals should be rounded to the next whole number which is 7 in this case.


When should a number be rounded up?

When the digit immediately to the right of your target (the place you're rounding to) is 5 or greater.


The smallest 2 digit number that can be rounded off to 100?

If rounding to nearest 100, then 51. (50 should be rounded DOWN to 0.) If rounding to the nearest 10, then 95.


If you were rounding 7.214 to the nearest hundredths?

The answer should be 7.21


How do you round 13.099 to the nearest unit?

The nearest unit of a number can be found by rounding off the next number after a decimal. If that number is less than 5, you should leave the number as it is but if it is more than 5 then it should be rounded one unit ahead. In this case , it is 13.100


What is the answer to 325 rounding to the nearest 10?

It is 320.In case you think the answer should be 330, see //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding#Round_half_to_even


What is the estimate number to7?

It is 7. A single digit number should normally not be estimated since it should be easy enough to work with and also, the rounding will be at least 11%.


how do you round 525 to the nearest hundredth?

When rounding to the nearest hundreds first you look at the tens place. General rule of rounding is if the number is 4 or smaller then round down, if 5 or higher then round up. For 525, the 2 is in the tens place so we should round down to 500.


What are some problems for rounding whole numbers to the nearest million?

You will lose most of the information if you are working mainly with numbers smaller that 500,000. But in that case you should not be rounding to the nearest million but to a lesser degree.


When you are rounding if the number is less than 4 what do you do?

Typically 5 is the number to determine whether or not you should round up or down. When the number is 5 or greater, you round up, if it's less than 5 you round down. In other words, if you were to round to the nearest 10s place when you have a 4, you would round down to 0.


Should the 0 be dropped when rounding 0.59 to 0.60?

Yes if you are told to round it to the nearest tenth