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Rounding Numbers Guide

Rounding numbers involves following a set of rules to determine whether to round up or down based on the digits in the number. There are three main rules: 1) if the first digit to be dropped is less than 5, drop that digit and all digits after it; 2) if the first digit is greater than 5 or a 5 followed by non-zero digits, drop the excess digits and increase the last retained digit by one; 3) if the first digit is a 5 followed by zeros, use the evens/odds rule where an even last digit stays the same and an odd last digit increases by one. Rounding ensures numbers are expressed to a desired level of precision.

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Rounding Numbers Guide

Rounding numbers involves following a set of rules to determine whether to round up or down based on the digits in the number. There are three main rules: 1) if the first digit to be dropped is less than 5, drop that digit and all digits after it; 2) if the first digit is greater than 5 or a 5 followed by non-zero digits, drop the excess digits and increase the last retained digit by one; 3) if the first digit is a 5 followed by zeros, use the evens/odds rule where an even last digit stays the same and an odd last digit increases by one. Rounding ensures numbers are expressed to a desired level of precision.

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Student Rounding Numbers

Learningentre
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Many times when using decimals or even whole numbers, you have to do some rounding up or down, since the
answer needs to be to a certain number of decimal places. One good example of this is money, where we only
need two decimal places for the cents.

Rounding off isn’t difficult; you just need to follow the rules:

Rule 1 Example: Round one decimal place


This is the first digit to be dropped which is less than 5
If the first digit to be
dropped is less than 5,
that digit and all the
digits that follow it are
simply dropped.
6.422 Drop all digits after the first decimal place

Answer: 6.4

Rule 2 Example 1: Round two decimal places

If the first digit to be This is the first digit to be dropped which is


dropped is a digit greater than 5 and followed by non-zero digits
greater than 5, or if it
is a 5 followed by
digits other than zero,
the excess digits are
all dropped and the
6.4872 The excess digits are dropped

last retained digit is


increased in value by
one unit. The last retained digit is increased in
Answer: 6.49 value by one unit

Example 2: Round to one decimal place

This is the first digit to be dropped which is a 5 and


followed by non-zero digits

6.6501 The excess digits are dropped

The last retained digit is increased in value


Answer: 6.7 by one unit

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Rule 3 Evens Rule Example 1: Round to one decimal place
This is the last digit to be
If the first digit to be
retained, which is even This is the first digit to be dropped which is a
dropped is a 5 and is
5 and followed by only zeros
not followed by any
other digit, or if it is a 5
followed only by zeros,
an odds and even rule
6.6500
is applied. The intention
of the odd-even rule is The 5 and the zeros are dropped
to average the effects of
rounding off. Answer: 6.6 Because the last digit to be retained is
even is value is not changed

Odds and evens rule Evens Rule Example 2: Round to two decimal places

EVEN: If the last This is the last digit to be This is the first digit to be
retained digit is even, retained, which is even dropped which a 5 followed by
its value is not no other digits
changed, the 5 and
any zeros that follow
are dropped. 7.485 The 5 is dropped

Because the last digit to be retained is


Answer: 7.48 even its value is not changed

Odds Rule Example 3: Round to two decimal places Answer: 7.48

ODD: if the last digit is


odd, its value is
This is the last digit to be This is the first digit to be dropped which is
increased by one. retained, which is odd a 5 and followed by only zeros

6.755000 The 5 and the zeros are dropped

Because the last digit to be retained is odd


Answer: 6.76 its value is increased by one unit

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