Answer to Question #350627 in Algebra for Zuzu

Question

Determine if rounding off 34, 56 to the nearest one decimal place is a nonroutine or a routine

question. Work out the answer.

Answer 1

Solution:

Given number is $34.56$ .

We have to round this number to the tenths.

The digit on the right side of this tenths is 6.

Since $6 > 5$ we will increase the tenths place by 1:

$5+1=6$

Therefore, $34.56$ rounded to the nearest one decimal place is $34.6$ .

Here we used conventional actions in order to arrive at the correct answer.

So this problem is routine.

Answer: rounding $34.56$ to the nearest one decimal place is a routine.