1Cademy - Rounding 6.582 to the Nearest Whole Number

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Rounding 6.582 to the Nearest Whole Number

To round $6.582$ to the nearest whole number, apply the four-step decimal rounding procedure:

Locate the ones digit: In $6.582$ , the digit in the ones place is $6$ .
Look at the next digit: The digit immediately to the right of $6$ is $5$ .
Compare with $5$ : Because $5 \geq 5$ , add $1$ to the ones digit, changing $6$ to $7$ .
Remove trailing digits: Delete the $5$ , $8$ , and $2$ (the entire decimal portion).