Thread: rounding decimals

i have 1 over 6 and i need to make that in to a decimal and and make it to 4 decimal places i have found this very hard can some one please help

thanks

Originally Posted by andyboy179

i have 1 over 6 and i need to make that in to a decimal and and make it to 4 decimal places i have found this very hard can some one please help

thanks

Hi andyboy179,

Are you using a calculator or doing long division? If you are using a calculator, you will find that

with repeating sixes.

To round to the 4th decimal place we would inspect the 5th decimal place to see if it is 5 or greater. Since it is, we add one more to the 4th place making it



Had the 5th place been less than 5, we would not have changed the 4th place.

thanks alot i think i get it
so i had to do the 4th decimal place so i just change the 4th number not the ones before it aswell ? and also the 4th number is the 4th number after the decimal point isant it

Originally Posted by andyboy179

thanks alot i think i get it
so i had to do the 4th decimal place so i just change the 4th number not the ones before it aswell ? and also the 4th number is the 4th number after the decimal point isant it

That is correct!