Question

Round to the nearest whole number 8.36

Answer 1

The answer is 8, because 3 is less than 5 and we are rounding it to the nearest whole number.

Answer 2

we know that

To Round a number

a) Decide which is the last digit to keep

b) Leave it the same if the next digit is less than
`5` (this is called rounding down)

c) But increase it by
`1` if the next digit is
`5` or more (this is called rounding up)

In this problem we have

`8.36`

We want to keep the digit
`8`

The next digit is
`3` which is less than
`5`, so no change is needed to
`8`

therefore

the answer is

`8`