Sometimes you round up or round down numbers to get close to the correct answer so that you can make sure that your answer is right. If your answer is not close to the rounding down of the numbers you are using then you need to look it over and do it again.
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Numbers 0 to 4 round down; 5 to 9 round up. 54 rounds to 50. 55 rounds to 60. So 50 rounds to 100.
When you have numbers 0 to 4, you want to round down. From 5 to 9, you round up. 3.52 and 3.53 both end in the round down category. It will be 3.5
19.05 rounded to one decimal place is 19.1. Numbers above 5 (inclusive) round up, numbers below round down. To be accurate do not round unnecessarily.
The answer depends on what operation you wish to carry out with the two numbers. If subtraction or division, the I would round both down or both up. If addition or multiplication, then I would round one up and the other down.
Round down