Question

Please how do I round 56.479 cents to the nearest cents?

Please how do I round 56.479 cents to the nearest cent?

Answer 1

56

Explanation:

Rounding generally follows the 5/4 rule - round up for a 5 and down for a 4. Per Meave60's comment, ONLY the digit to the right of the rounding space is considered.

My previous answer "rolling up" the digits was incorrect - sorry!

Here are a couple of good explanations:
http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L3DP.html

Answer 2

56 cents

Explanation:

We have 56 cents + 0.479 cents

so the 'cut off' point is the red part

`color(red)(56)color(green)(.479)`

We look at the first digit only that is immediately to the right of the cut off point. In this case it is the four `->color(green)(4)`

This is the rule:
If this digit is less than 5 we do not change the red part.
If the digit is 5 or more we increase the red part by 1.
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`color(brown)("Example")`

Making up a value I choose `color(red)(2)color(green)(.301)`
As the `color(green)(3)` is less than 5 we do not change the red part. So rounded to the nearest whole number we have: `color(red)(2.0)` to 0 decimal places

Making up a another value I choose `color(red)(2)color(green)(.601)`
As the `color(green)(6)` is more than or equal to 5 we increase the red part by 1. So rounded to the nearest whole number we have: `color(red)(3.0)` to 0 decimal places
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`color(brown)("Back to the question")`

The `color(green)(4)` from `color(red)(56)color(green)(.479)`
is less than 5 so we do not change the red part.

Answer `->56`

Answer 3

My original answer was wrong! Please read. Comments below for a correct answer.

Explanation:

The nearest cent would be a whole number - so you end up with no numbers after a decimal point.

The basic rule is any number BELOW 5 gets rounded down. So; 5.4 rounded to the nearest whole number would be 5. And number BIGGER than 5 gets rounded up. So; 5.5 rounded to the nearest whole number would be 6.