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How do you round 5 1/8 to the nearest whole number

 



User Reinder
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I would round to 5 because its value is closer to 5 than to 6.
User Avimimoun
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you would round this number to 5. this is because the fraction is closest to the whole number five. if the fraction would have been 5 7/8, you would round it to 6.
i hope this helped!!!
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