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What does it mean to round to the nearest cent

User Joerx
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Answer:

wrong - $32.547

right - $325.47

Explanation:

Basically, if the number in the tens place (145) is 5 or higher the nearest would be the next ten or hundred up, if lower than 5 it goes back down.

Rounding cents is basically the same. as rounding Example:

$14.345

(This is not a vaild amount of money because once you reach a hundred cents you have another dollar. So you will move the decimal point over to the left.)

$143.45

More examples:

incorrect - $23.8678

correct - $2386.78

incorrect - $89.264

correct - $892.64

Rounding is something like rounding to the nearest ten or hundred here's an example:

14 to the nearest ten is 10

16 to the nearest ten is 20

284 to the nearest hundred is 300

104 to the nearest hundred is 100

(Hope this helps. Sorry if this confused you further)

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