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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Round the following value to the nearest tens: 837.36 got 837.4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the nearest ten? or tenth?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ten

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

84

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when you are rounding to things larger than one, you have to zeroes on the end to make the value about as big as the original number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

always get confused even have a chart but still

OpenStudy (anonymous):

840

OpenStudy (anonymous):

like that ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If the number in the ones place is 5 or higher you round up, if 4 and lower you round down

OpenStudy (anonymous):

for a rounding problem: find the digit you are rounding to. |dw:1366593413146:dw| the digit after the one you are rounding to might matter, or it might not. See @galacticwavesXX 's answer for that. all digits to the right of the one you are rounding to become zero.|dw:1366593558213:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

does that make things clearer?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The ones place is 7 @Peter14 so you round up to 840 not down

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know. I was going to explain that next.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@NatalieLove does that make things clearer? there is still one step left to explain

OpenStudy (anonymous):

go its great thank you both

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think I should try to explain it completely.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

"always get confused even have a chart but still " not good.

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