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When should a digit be rounded up and when should it be rounded down?
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When the digit immediately to the right of it is 0-4 round down. If it is 5-9 round up.
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How do you estimate a Sum by rounding?
Numbers that end in a digit of 4 or less should be rounded DOWN to the nearest ten.Example: 24 rounded to the nearest ten would be 20Numbers that end in a digit of 5 or more should be rounded UP to the nearest ten.Example: 28 rounded to the nearest ten would be 30
What is 3.28 rounded to 1 decimal place?
3.3 If the digit after is 5,6,7,8 or 9, round up If the digit after is 0,1,2,3 or 4, round down So, in this case it's an 8, so the 3.28 gets rounded up to 3.3
When rounding to the nearest tenth should 19.48 be rounded up or down?
19.48 should be rounded up as it is only 0.02 from 19.5 i.e. 5 tenths And 19.41 should be rounded down, for example Various arguments for which way 19.5 should be rounded (as it halfway) ...
What is 5.071 rounded to the nearest tenth?
5.1
Round 297.85 square kilometer to the nearest tenth of a square kilometer?
297.8 square kilometres. Now here is a minor digression that you may (or may not) find is of interest: There are different views on how the digit 5 should be rounded - up or down. 1,2,3 and 4 are always rounded down; 6,7,8 and 9 are always rounded up and 0 does not need rounding. So if you always round 5 down, you will round down 5 numbers and up 4 and so introduce a downward bias in your work. Conversely, if you always round up you will introduce an upward bias. You could randomly decide to round up or down but this makes it more difficult for others to follow what you have done. The recommended answer is to round 5 so that the previous digit is EVEN. Thus 0.15 is rounded up to 0.2 and 0.45 is rounded down to 0.4
Is the next to last digit of any measurement is between o and 5 the end digit should be rounded down?
0-4 round down. 5-9 round up. The place of the rounded digit will depend on what place you are rounding to.
How do you estimate a Sum by rounding?
Numbers that end in a digit of 4 or less should be rounded DOWN to the nearest ten.Example: 24 rounded to the nearest ten would be 20Numbers that end in a digit of 5 or more should be rounded UP to the nearest ten.Example: 28 rounded to the nearest ten would be 30
What is 3.28 rounded to 1 decimal place?
3.3 If the digit after is 5,6,7,8 or 9, round up If the digit after is 0,1,2,3 or 4, round down So, in this case it's an 8, so the 3.28 gets rounded up to 3.3
When rounding to the nearest tenth should 19.48 be rounded up or down?
19.48 should be rounded up as it is only 0.02 from 19.5 i.e. 5 tenths And 19.41 should be rounded down, for example Various arguments for which way 19.5 should be rounded (as it halfway) ...
What is the largest four-digit numbers that can be rounded off to 3000?
Since numbers equal to or greater than 5 are rounded up, and numbers equal to or less than 4 are rounded down, the largest 4-digit number that can be rounded off to 3000 would be 3004.
What is 5.071 rounded to the nearest tenth?
5.1
What is 8.712 rounded to the nearest tenth?
8.7
Round 297.85 square kilometer to the nearest tenth of a square kilometer?
297.8 square kilometres. Now here is a minor digression that you may (or may not) find is of interest: There are different views on how the digit 5 should be rounded - up or down. 1,2,3 and 4 are always rounded down; 6,7,8 and 9 are always rounded up and 0 does not need rounding. So if you always round 5 down, you will round down 5 numbers and up 4 and so introduce a downward bias in your work. Conversely, if you always round up you will introduce an upward bias. You could randomly decide to round up or down but this makes it more difficult for others to follow what you have done. The recommended answer is to round 5 so that the previous digit is EVEN. Thus 0.15 is rounded up to 0.2 and 0.45 is rounded down to 0.4
How do you round a 4 digit number to the nearest 10?
Look at the last digit. If it is a zero, it does not need to be rounded. 4870 does not change. If it is 1, 2, 3 or 4, it is rounded down, replacing that digit with a zero. 5214 becomes 5210. If it is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, it is rounded up, so the digit becomes zero and the digit beside it is incremented by one. 8176 becomes 8180.
What is 3958.8765 rounded to the thousands place?
Rounded to the thousands place - the number would be 3958.877. When rounding up or down always look at the next digit. If it's between 1 and 4, you round down - between 5 and 9, you round up. In this case, the next digit to the thousands place is 5 - so you round the number up.
How do you round to the nearest ten?
If the end digit is 1, 2, 3 or 4 you round down. If the end digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 then you round up. If the end digit is 0 it is already rounded.
What is 37.3274 rounded to the nearest tenth?
37.3
