how do you figure out how to round decimals

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Do you have an example?

anonymous · Answer

Rounding Decimals

27.17469 rounded to the nearest whole number is 27
        36.74691 rounded to the nearest whole number is 37
        12.34690 rounded to the nearest tenth is 12.3
        89.46917 rounded to the nearest tenth is 89.5
        50.02139 rounded to the nearest hundredth is 50.02
        72.63539 rounded to the nearest hundredth is 72.64
        46.83531 rounded to the nearest thousandth is 46.835
        9.63967 rounded to the nearest thousandth is 9.640

Rules for rounding decimals.
        1. Retain the correct number of decimal places (e.g. 3 for thousandths, 0 for whole numbers)
        2. If the next decimal place value is 5 or more, increase the value in the last retained decimal place by 1.