Question

I've been given the number 1.49866667.
How do I round it off to 2 decimal places?

Answer 1

look at the third decimal, if it is 5 to 9, round up to the next second decimal place, 0 to 4, round down

Answer 2

1.498

8 is in the 5 to 9 range, move the 49 to 50

Answer 3

and chop the rest off

Answer 4

so, what if I wanted to chop that 8 off? What would it be then?

Answer 5

if the 8, were a number between 0 and 4, then the rounded number would be

1.49

Answer 6

Okay. so that's two decimal places, right?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

okay. Good. Now what puzzles me is: How do I round off 1.498 to 2 d.p? :/

Answer 9

look at the 3rd d.p

it is 8, which is a 5,6,7,8, or 9

Closer to 1.50

Answer 10

ohhhhh. Got it. THANK YOU!

Answer 11

welcome