Question

How do I round $56.479$ cents to the nearest cents?

Answer 1

Round amount to nearest cent:

To round $56.479$ to the nearest cent, consider the thousandths’ value of $56.479$, if it is $5$ or more than $5$, increase the hundredth's digit by $1$and replace the thousandth's digit by $0$

Now in $56.479$, thousandth's digit is is $9$ ( more than $5$).

Therefore, the cents value $56.479$ increases by $1$becomes $8$.

Hence, $56.479$ rounded to the nearest cent is $56.48$.