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Whenever we use numbers for which the detailed digits, after a certain number of significant figures, are not known or do not matter in terms of communicating the size. Pi is irrational and so has an infinite decimal representation but most people will use the value of pi to at most 6 sig figs (the diameter of a hydrogen atom at the furthest point of the known universe will subtend an angle for which 39 digits of pi are sufficient).
There are many socio-economic measures which can be known only in rounded form - either because of uncertainty of measurement or the fact that the numbers are constantly changing. The world's population is not known to the last integer - by the time you record the number it has changed; the GDP of a country can only be estimated to an accuracy of hundreds of thousands of currency units (measurement errors); and so on.
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What is estimating NOT as helpful when multiplying very small numbers?
It is - if you use appropriate rounding. Rounding does not have to be to whole numbers.
What is the relationship of rounding and estimating?
Rounding, you see the number and just make it look neater or easier to use. Estimating, you guess a number.
When do you use rounding up numbers in everyday life?
shabana
What is 19.76485 rounded?
20 rounding units. 20.0 rounding tenths 19.8 rounding hundredths 19.76 rounding thousandths 19.765 rounding tenthousandths 19.7649 rounding hundred thousandths
What is 7 divide by 319?
0.0219
What is rounding in Visual Basic?
Rounding in Visual Basic is the method of rounding an integer up, or flooring an integer, which is rounding down. To round up, you use the System.Math.Round function. To round down, or floor, you use the System.Math.Floor function.
Can you use the word rounding in a sentence?
My math teacher started rounding in the third grade and it has followed me since. Another use might be, "They were just rounding the bend when he came into sight."
Use rounding and estimation to predict the approximate quotient of 285 ÷ 11?
Use rounding and estimation to predict the approximate quotient of 285 ÷ 11.
What is estimating NOT as helpful when multiplying very small numbers?
It is - if you use appropriate rounding. Rounding does not have to be to whole numbers.
Why you need to use rounding?
if you had an adding sum we would use it and if you were estimating
What is the word for the use of rounding to determine a reasonable answer?
estimation
What is the relationship of rounding and estimating?
Rounding, you see the number and just make it look neater or easier to use. Estimating, you guess a number.
What do people use dogs for on farms?
Rounding up sheep.
Where do you use rounding in every day life?
at the restaurant for tips
When do you use rounding up numbers in everyday life?
shabana
When will you use rounding and estimating in your lives?
Most of the time. If you agree to meet your friend in 10 minutes that is certain to be an estimate. If you say the friend live 5 kilometres away it is highly likely that the number has been rounded.
How Use rounding and estimation to predict the approximate quotient of 285 and divide 11.?
25.9091
