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What is 2.4425 rounded to the nearest thousandth?

A. 2.442
B. 2.4430
C. 2.445
D. 2.443 ​


Sagot :

ROUNDING OFF

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2.4425 ↬ 2.443

The number 2 near 5 is in thousandths place its next digit is 5 so round off or add 1 to 2, adding 1 and 2 will result of getting 3.

↬ therefore the answer is D. 2.443

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Rules in Rounding Off:

  • If the next digit to the right is greater than 5 round off or add 1
  • If the next digit to to the right is less than 5 it will retain.