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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

rounding

The approximation of a numeric data item by its nearest equivalent, to a given number of significant figures or decimal places. For example, 1.36 rounded to one decimal place is 1.4.

Related terms
decimaldecimal pointfloating-point numbersnumeric type. (decimal point, full stop)
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General › numbering systems and numbers
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