Rounding/Examples/5.56500 to Nearest Hundredth

Example of Rounding

$5 \cdotp 565 \, 00$ rounded to the nearest hundredth is $5 \cdotp 56$.

We have that $5 \cdotp 565 \, 00$ is half way between $5 \cdotp 56$ and $5 \cdotp 57$, and the convention is to round to the nearest even digit.

Sources

• 1972: Murray R. Spiegel and R.W. Boxer: Theory and Problems of Statistics (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Variables and Graphs: Solved Problems: Rounding of Data: $1.3 \ \text{(i)}$