Rounding up and down — OpenTuition Forums

Kkazza16y ago

Hi

Please can you clarify for me what the policy is for f5 on rounding up/down numbers. Sometimes it seems to be OK to round to whole numbers, sometimes two decimal places, and sometimes even 3 places.

I'm using Kaplan materials, but it doesn't give any guidance anywhere.

Thanks

John MoffatTutor16y ago#1

There is no standard rule (unless of course the question specifies how many decimal places, which it sometimes does).

Otherwise usually calculate unit costs to 2 decimal places and total costs to the nearest dollar.

Do not worry too much - the marks are mainly for the workings anyway, not for the final answer.