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Q: In math do you round up 5 or down?
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How would you round 3.47 to the nearest cent?

That already is. The rule with math for rounding up or down is as follows:- when you have any number with decimal places any thing from .5 above gets round up and anything below .5 gets rounded down.


Would 7 round down to 5 or up to 10?

7 will round up.


What is 18.2665 round to in the nearest hundredth?

18.27 ( 5 and up round up 4 and down round down :P )


How do you round 14.5?

15 round 5 0-4 round down 5-9 round up


When you round a number which digit in the number helps you decide to round up or round down?

If I think your asking the question how I think your asking it, then any number 5 and above you round up. If its below 5 you round down. :-)


Do you round up if its a 5 or down?

The usual practice with a 5 is to round up, so for example 7.5 is about 8.


When you round a number which digit in the number helps you decide to round up or down?

If I think your asking the question how I think your asking it, then any number 5 and above you round up. If its below 5 you round down. :-)


How do you round 7005.9 to the nearest one?

7,006. If the place you are converting is < 5, then round down (7,005.49, for example, would round down to 7,005). If the place is ≥ 5, round up.


How do you round 28.26 to the nearest tenth?

To round 28.26 to the nearest tenth, you would look at the hundredth place, which is the second decimal place. Since the digit in the hundredth place is 6, which is greater than or equal to 5, you would round up the digit in the tenths place. Therefore, 28.26 rounded to the nearest tenth is 28.3.


What tips should you give to someone who is learning to round to the nearest ten?

if the unit digit ie the '3' in 53 is less than 5, round down - if the unit digit is 5 -9 you round up.. Examples... 41 - round down to 40 67 - round up to 70 59 - round up to 60 33 - round down to 30 56 - round up to 60 75 - round up to 80


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.


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