Round Decimals

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Rounding decimals is similar to rounding whole numbers except that the digits to the right of the given place value are dropped instead of being replaced by zeroes.

Step 1: Identify the place you want to round

Step 2: Look at the digit to its right

Step 3: If that digit is 5 or greater, increase the rounding-place digit by 1. If that digit is less than 5, do not change the rounding place digit.

Step 4: Drop all the digits to the right.

Example

Round 0.6073 to the nearest hundredth

Step 1

0.6073 Rounding Place

Step 2

0.6073 7 is the digit to the right

Step 3

0.6073  7 > 5, therefore change the 0 to 1.

Step 4

0.6173              Drop the digits to the right

We obtain 0.61 when we round 0.6073 to the nearest hundredth