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    romramona11 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 15, 2010, 06:15 PM
    If I have 3 and 1/2 in , rouding to the nearest 1/2 in is going to be 4in?
    If I have 3 and 1/2 in , rouding to the nearest 1/2 in is going to be 4 in ?
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    Unknown008 Posts: 8,076, Reputation: 723
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    Jan 15, 2010, 10:05 PM

    Rounding to the nearest half inch means that you'll have values like:
    4 in
    2 and 1/2 in
    1 and 1/2 in

    but not:
    4 and 1/3 in
    2 and 1/5 in
    1 and 4/5 in

    It means, you don't have to change anything for the problem you posted.
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    Mar 15, 2010, 02:47 AM
    Yes. The nearest 1/2 inch is also the next whole, because its made up of two halves.
    1, 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2, 3...
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    Mar 31, 2010, 02:22 PM

    Another way that might make the concept more clear is to think of decimals. 3 and 1/2 is 3.5 in a decimal. The .5 means that you are right in the middle of two whole numbers. Whenever you are right in the middle you always round up.
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