DECIMAL PLACES


These are the number of figures which follow the decimal point.

33.424 is correct to three decimal places.

Approximated to two decimal places, it is 33.42

Approximated to one decimal place, it is 33.4

During approximation, if the most left hand figure is 5 or more then the previous figure is increased by 1.

4.678 approximated to two decimal places is 4.68

4.68 to one decimal place is 4.7


 
 


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