I am a bit confused on how I am supposed to round 9, 819 to the nearest square mile. I am stuck on this. Please help
it is odd, unless maybe you are using the European notation, where the comma is used for the decimal point. In that case, you might say
9.819 rounds to 10
Other than that, I have no suggestion.
Hello Steve. Ok I understand what you are saying.
I appreciate you explaining that.
To round a number to the nearest square mile, you need to consider the specific conversion factor between the unit you have (in this case, the number of square feet) and the unit you want (square miles). Here's how you can approach this problem:
1. Determine the conversion factor between square feet and square miles. To do this, you need to know how many square feet are in one square mile. There are 5,280 feet in a mile, so multiplying these values together gives us:
5,280 feet/mile * 5,280 feet/mile = 27,878,400 square feet/square mile.
2. Divide the given number of square feet (9,819) by the conversion factor (27,878,400). This will give you the equivalent value in square miles:
9,819 square feet / 27,878,400 square feet/square mile ≈ 0.00035212 square miles.
3. Now that you have the value in square miles, you can round it to the nearest whole number. In this case, since 0.00035212 is less than halfway between 0 and 1, you would round down to 0 square miles.
Therefore, approximately 9,819 square feet is equivalent to 0 square miles when rounded to the nearest square mile.