Rounding calculator guide

How to use the Rounding Calculator

The Rounding Calculator rounds numbers by decimal places, significant figures, or place value. It also lets you compare nearest, round up, round down, and truncate methods.

Open the rounding calculator

Quick start

  1. Choose Decimal places, Significant figures, or Place value.
  2. Choose the rounding method.
  3. Enter the value and precision.
  4. Press Round value, then review the rounded answer, difference, and steps.

Choosing a rounding mode

Decimal places count digits after the decimal point. Significant figures count meaningful digits in the whole number. Place value rounds by powers of 10, such as nearest ten, hundred, or thousand.

In place-value mode, exponent 2 means nearest 100 and exponent -2 means nearest 0.01.

Choosing a method

Nearest rounds to the closest value. Round up moves to the next higher rounded value, round down moves to the next lower rounded value, and truncate removes extra digits toward zero.

Use the examples when you want to quickly switch between common cases like two decimal places or three significant figures.

Examples from the calculator

Decimal places 12.3456 to 2 decimal places

12.35

Significant figures 98,765 to 3 significant figures

98,800

Place value 1,846 to the nearest hundred

1,800

History, privacy, and copying

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