SOLUTION: Why are we usually rounding down and not up? That is, why is 5.5 rounded is 5 and not 6?

SOLUTION: Why are we usually rounding down and not up? That is, why is 5.5 rounded is 5 and not 6?

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Question 1079017: Why are we usually rounding down and not up? That is, why is 5.5 rounded is 5 and not 6?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By tradition, 5.00-5.49 would fall to 5 which is 50 numbers and 5.50-5.99 would fall to 6 which is also 50 numbers.
If you moved 5.50 to 5, then it would be 51 numbers down and 49 numbers up.

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