rounding numbers

Probably the above

However, for future reference when rounding to the nearest range you look at the number just to the right of the order you're rounding to, if that number is between 1 and 5 then you round down and if the number is 5 or greater then round up.

From your example if we were to round to the nearest ten then we would get £1320 as £20 is the next nearest ten since the number to the right of the 10 value is 6.

If we were to round to the nearest 100 then it would be £1300 as £100 is the nearest 100 since the number to the right is 1.

The question as you phrase it makes no sense so it's either wrong or a trick.
 
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Antar Bolaeisk said:
Probably the above

However, for future reference when rounding to the nearest range you look at the number just to the right of the order you're rounding to, if that number is between 1 and 5 then you round down and if the number is 5 or greater then round up.

From your example if we were to round to the nearest ten then we would get £1320 as £20 is the next nearest ten since the number to the right of the 10 value is 6.

If we were to round to the nearest 100 then it would be £1300 as £100 is the nearest 100 since the number to the right is 1.

The question as you phrase it makes no sense so it's either wrong or a trick.
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Or you could use "banker's" rounding where you round to the nearest even number - since the example is with money! :p
 
SiriusB said:
Or you could use "banker's" rounding where you round to the nearest even number - since the example is with money! :p
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xirokx said:
yeh i had to round that number to the nearest penny and some classmates divided it by a thousand to get 1.316 and they claim its right..

as im not maths expert i thought id ask..
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His friends must have been taught the latest Government financial formulas.

ie Give the banks a billion pounds and get pennies in return. :p
 
SiriusB said:
Or you could use "banker's" rounding where you round to the nearest even number - since the example is with money! :p
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Engineering generally does it this way too, makes a fair amount of sense when you're not very confident about the last digit
 
StewartMG said:
Facepalm'd a little...
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