Rounding/Examples/1.572 and 1.5749 to 2dp

Examples of Rounding

$1 \cdotp 572$ and $1 \cdotp 5749$ rounded to $2$ decimal places are both $1 \cdotp 57$.

This is because they are both closer to $1 \cdotp 57$ than they are to $1 \cdotp 58$.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): rounding
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): rounding