Decimals with at least .5 rounds up.
Decimals with at the greatest .49 round down.
1.5 rounds up, so the nearest whole number is 2.
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Nearly there, but not quite. The above does not say what happens to 0.497, for example.
Actually, a rule that always rounds up .5 introduces an upward bias, and a better rule is to:
round down any number less than .5
round up any number greater than .5
and, if the number is .5, then round up or down so that the last [non-zero] digit is EVEN.
It is 15 rounded to the nearest whole number
15 is the nearest whole number
14.63 to the nearest whole number rounds to 15.
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15
It is 15 rounded to the nearest whole number
15 is a whole number.
15 is the nearest whole number
15 is a whole number.
15.3 rounded to the nearest whole number = 15
15.3 rounded to the nearest whole number is 15.
15.39 rounded to the nearest whole number is 15
15.28 rounded to the nearest whole number = 15
Rounded to the nearest whole number, 14.82 is approximately equal to 15.
14.7 will become 15.00 or simply 15 as a whole number.
14.63 to the nearest whole number rounds to 15.
15