Round 36.015 to six decimal places.

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orangetree

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Hi! My question isn't about rounding, there is a line over the 1 and 5 and I don't know what that means! Someone please let me know. Thank you >.<!

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Round 36.015 to six decimal places??
 
orangetree said:
Hi! My question isn't about rounding, there is a line over the 1 and 5 and I don't know what that means! Someone please let me know. Thank you >.<!

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Round 36.015 to six decimal places??
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The "line" over the "15" indicates that those digits repeat forever....so your number is really

36.01515151515151515151515........

Can you round it to 6 decimal places now?
 
You originally said "my question isn't about rounding"......so, I assumed you KNEW how to round a number, but had a question about what "15 with a line on top" meant.

36.0151515151515151515......

You are to round to 6 decimal places. Find the number in the 6th decimal place:

36.015151515151515......

Now, look at the digit in the place immediately to the right of that 6th place. If what is there is less than 5, drop all of the digits after the 6th one. If what is there is 5 or more, INCREASE the digit in the 6th place by 1, and drop all the remaining digits after the 6th one.

You've got a 1 in the 6th place. Immediately to the right of that is a 5. So, increase that 1 by 1, to get 2, and drop all of the digits after that:

36.015152

Apparently your question WAS about rounding after all.
 
I do know how to round, but I wasn't sure how to with this large of number. Thanks for your help.
 
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