Question

how do i round 399,818.4975 (dollars) this to the nearest cent

Answer 1

By definition, to round to the nearest cent and round to the nearest hundredths is the same.

In this case, having this value in dollars:

$399,818.4975$

You can round it to the nearest cent by following the steps shown below:

1. Identify the digit in the Hundredths place. In this case, the second digit after the decimal point is:

$9$

2. Identify the digit to the right of that digit (the third digit after the decimal point). In this case, this is:

$7$

3. Since the digit is greater than 5:

$7>5$

You have to round up by increasing the value of the digit 9 by 1 (the other digits to the right become zero). Then:

$\approx399,818.50$

Notice that since the digit 9 is increased by 1 and:

$9+1=10$

The first digit after the decimal point is increased by 1.

Hence, the answer is:

$\approx399,818.50$