Rounding Numbers: Why the "New System" Doesn't Work.

Midden, W. Robert

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Publication Date: 1997

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Rounding Numbers: Why the "New System" Doesn't Work.

Midden, W. Robert

Journal of Chemical Education, v74 n4 p405 Apr 1997

Discusses flaws in the reasoning behind a "new system" proposed for rounding numbers that was published in a previous issue of this journal. Concludes that the new system should be used only for numbers in which the nonzero digits following a dropped 5 have some significance. (JRH)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Higher Education, Number Concepts, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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