How do you round 0.4062 to the nearest hundredth?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Round " to the nearest hundredth" is the same as saying
"round to two decimal places"
This means that we only want 2 decimals in the number instead of all 4.
When we round off a number, we need to look at the value of the digit *AFTER* the rounding we need.
Rounding to 3 decimal places, look at the digit in the 4th place.
Rounding to 2 decimal places , look at the digit in the 3rd place .
Rounding to 1 decimal place, look at the digit in the 2nd place.
Rounding to the nearest hundred, look at the digit in the tens place.
In
The digit
When we round off, it can either stay as
It depends on the digit which follows.
The next digit is
If this next digit is 5 or more (5, 6 ,7,8,9), the digit before it rounds UP .
If this next digit is 4 or less (0,1,2,3,4), the digit before it stays the SAME.
So the number
Note the following.
We only write 2 decimal places.
The
The size of the number is the same, it is just not as accurate.
See explanation
Explanation:
Write as
The number to the right of the 100th place is 6 which is bigger than or equal to 5 so we round up.
This means that instead of
The 0 has increased by 1.
All the digits to the right of the red arrow are discarded leaving just