Question

$16.846 to the nearest cents?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

First, we need to identify the "cents" position.

The "cents" position is the position two places to the right of the decimal point:

`$16.8color(red)(4)6`

To round you look to the position to the right of the position you are trying to round to. In this case the `6` to the right of the `color(red)(4)` in the "cents" place:

`$16.8color(red)(4)color(blue)(6)`

If the digit to the right is less than `5` you keep the digit you are rounding to the same and eliminate all the digits to the right.

If the digit to the right is greater than or equal to `5` you add 1 to the digit you are rounding to and eliminate all the digits to the right.

In this problem the digit to the right is `color(blue)(6)` which is greater than `5`. Therefore, we add `1` to the `color(red)(4)` and eliminate all the digits to the right:

`$16.8color(red)(5)`