Roman said.....

> How do people round numbers to the nearest decimal
> place on their pocket calculators?

and....

>
> So:
> 3.12471 = 3.125
> 3.12441 = 3.124
> 3.1245551 = 3.124
> 3.1245556 = 3.125
>
> This just can't be right!

It's not.

3.1245551 goes to 3.124 because it's greater than halfway (3.1425)

It's the old, add 5, 0.5, 0.05, etc, in your case, add 0.0005, and then
truncate it to n d.p.(in your case 3)

rule: add 5 x 10 exp -(decimal_places) then truncate to (decimal_places)
places.

That's almost how I was taught, but it's how I do it.

Regards, Kevin

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