\(3.168\) is correct to three decimal places as there are three digits after the decimal point. If the number at the next decimal place is five or more add 1 to the previous decimal place. With ...

Editor's Note: I just thought I should mention that there's an ongoing, ever-evolving, and dramatically different presentation of this topic entitled Rounding 101 on my personal website. We'll start ...

Excel displays the original number up to 11 digits. When you enter a number that has more than 11 digits, Excel does not display the original value. Instead, it displays the number in the exponential ...

For statistical and mathematical purposes, OpenOffice.org's Calc spreadsheet includes a variety of ways to round off numbers. If you're a programmer, you may also be familiar with some of these ...

Decimal places are counted from the decimal point: So, the number \(5.1492\) has four decimal places, while \(4.34\) has two decimal places. To round a number to a given number of decimal places, the ...