Estimate 41.472
What do you want estimated?
Is it closer to 40 or 50
The decimal part confused me but I think it's 40
Yes, 41 is closer to 40 than to 50.
Think of money.
$41.47 is closer to 40 dollars than to 50 dollars.
Ah ok thank you! I never thought about use money for this
, it makes it a lot simpler!
Great! :-)
You're welcome.
To estimate 41.472, you can round the number to the nearest whole number, the nearest tenth, or the nearest hundredth, depending on the level of precision you want in your estimate.
1. Rounding to the nearest whole number: In this case, 41.472 would be rounded to 41.
2. Rounding to the nearest tenth: In this case, look at the digit in the hundredth place (the digit to the right of the decimal point). Since it is 4, which is less than 5, you would keep the digit in the tenths place (the digit to the right of the decimal point) as it is and remove all the digits to the right of the tenths place. So, 41.472 would be rounded to 41.5.
3. Rounding to the nearest hundredth: In this case, look at the digit in the thousandth place (the second digit to the right of the decimal point). Since it is 7, which is greater than 5, you would increase the digit in the hundredth place (the first digit to the right of the decimal point) by 1. So, 41.472 would be rounded to 41.47.
It's important to note that rounding is an estimation method and the rounded number is not exact.