(09/15) Williams' Rounding Money to the Nearest Cent Assignment

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What is rounding in mathematics?

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Rounding is the process of adjusting the digits of a number to make it simpler and easier to work with, while keeping its value close to what it was.

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What does it mean to round to the nearest cent?

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Rounding to the nearest cent means adjusting a monetary value to the closest hundredth place (two decimal places), which represents cents.

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How do you determine which way to round a number?

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Look at the digit immediately to the right of the place value you are rounding to. If it is 5 or greater, round up. If it is less than 5, round down.

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Round $5.592 to the nearest cent.

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$5.59

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Round $16.432 to the nearest cent.

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$16.43

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Round $77.538 to the nearest cent.

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$77.54

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Round $3.257 to the nearest cent.

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$3.26

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Round $43.827 to the nearest cent.

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$43.83

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What is the hundredth place in a decimal number?

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The hundredth place is the second digit to the right of the decimal point.

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If a number is 4.678, what is the value of the hundredths place?

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