document.write( "Question 478825: How to Simplify 5.88888888888889 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "To round off decimals:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Find the place value you want (the \"rounding digit\") and look at the digit just to the right of it.
\n" ); document.write( " If that digit is $\"less\"$ than $\"5\"$ , do $\"not\"$ $\"change\"$ the rounding digit $\"but\"$ $\"+drop\"$ all digits to the right of it.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " If that digit is $\"greater\"$ than or $\"equal\"$ to $\"five\"$ , $\"add\"$ $\"+one\"$ to the $\"rounding\"$ digit and $\"drop\"$ all digits to the right of it.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Simplify $\"5.88888888888889\"$ ...if you need to round it up to one decimal place, you can see that the digit on second decimal place is $\"8\"$ and you need to $\"add\"$ $\"one\"$ to the digit at first decimal place which is also $\"8\"$ ; so, you will have $\"5.88888888888889=5.9\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "but, if you want to round it up to whole number, since the digit at first decimal place which is $\"8\"$ , $\"add\"$ $\"one\"$ to the whole number which is $\"5\"$ ; so, you will have $\"5.9=6\"$ \r
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