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Why do you round up if the digit to the right is a 5 or higher?
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Because 0-4 is 5 numbers and 5-9 is five numbers so it's equal
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How do you round up 82.82 percent?
rounding up to the nearest whole percent, 82.82 percent is 83 percent. Look at the digit you want to keep, and the digit to the right of it. If the digit to the right is 5 or higher, you round up (change the kept digit to a unit higher). If the digit to the right is 4 or lower, you round down. 82.82% rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent is 82.8%.
When you round a number which digit in the number helps you decide to round up or to round down?
The digit immediately to the right of the one you are rounding to.
When you round a number helps you decide to round up or round down?
The digit immediately to the right of your target.
What is 9.017 rounded to the nearest hundredth?
9.02
When should a digit be rounded up and when should it be rounded down?
When the digit immediately to the right of it is 0-4 round down. If it is 5-9 round up.
What is 26.367 rounded to nearest ten?
To round a number, look at the digit to the right of the place you want to round to. If it is 5 or greater, round the digit in the place you are rounding to up to the higher digit. If it is 4 or less, leave the digit as it is. Change all digits to the right to zeros, or if rounding to a decimal place, the zeros can be left out. 26.267 rounded to the nearest ten is 30. If it is rounded to the nearest tenth, it is 26.4.
How do you round 208 to the nearest ten?
To round any number look at the digit to the right of the place you are rounding to. If the digit is 4 or less, leave the digit in the place you are rounding to as it is. If the digit to the right is 5 or more, change the digit you are rounding to to the next higher digit. In either case, change all the digits to the place you are rounding to to zeros. 208 rounded to the nearest ten is 210.
How do you round off 365,1534 to 1 decimal place?
To round a number look at the next digit in the right place, if the digit is less than 5, round down and if the digit is 5 or more than 5, round up.
How do you round to the nearest hundredths?
You take the number in question and look at the 3rd (third) digit after the decimal place.Ex: .035If the 3rd digit is 5 or higher, you round up. If it is less than 5, you round down.Ex. .036 goes to .o40and.034 goes to .o30Sometimes it is advantageous to express a value in round numbers. To round to a particular place, look at the digit immediately to the right of the one you want to round to, in this case, the thousandths place. If that digit is 4, 3, 2, 1 or 0, zero it and everything to the right of it out. If that digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, increase your target digit by one and zero everything to the right of it out. If your target digit is 9, it will become a zero and increase the digit to the left of it by one.Rounding to the nearest hundredth is just like any other rounding, but to that particular place.In the number 1234.5678, the 6 is the hundredths. Like in all rounding, look at the number to the right of the place you want to round. 7 is to the right of 6. The same rounding rules apply:If it's greater than 4, round up.If it's less than or equal to 4, round down.In this case, 7 is greater than 4 so we round up:1234.57
How do you round up 15.334 up or down to 2 decimal places?
Always look at the next digit to the right of where you want to round up or down to. If the next digit is 5 or more, you round up. If it's 4 or less, you round down. In this case, you would round the number down to 15.33
How do you round up or down when the last digit of significant digit is 5?
When the last digit of a significant digit is 5, you always round up.
How do you round 68.347 to the nearest whole number?
You find out what the digit right after the decimal point is and if it is between 0 and 4, you round down. If it is between 5 and 9, you round up. So in 68.347, the digit right after the decimal point is 3, so you round down. You round to 68.
