Math Playground
Numbers

Rounding numbers

Round to the nearest 10, 100, or decimal place — and the tie-breaker rules.

Round to the nearest 10, 100, or decimal place — used everywhere from price tags to physics labs.

Standard rounding

  • Look at the digit AFTER the place you're rounding to.
  • 5 or more — round up.
  • Less than 5 — round down.
Try it

Round 3.456 to 1 decimal place

Look at second decimal (5). Round up: 3.5.