Rounding/Examples/1.576 and 1.5751 to 2dp

Examples of Rounding

$1 \cdotp 576$ and $1 \cdotp 5751$ rounded to $2$ decimal places are both $1 \cdotp 58$.

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

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