Question

Round off$2.999824$ up to three decimal places

Answer 1

To round off$2.999824$ up to three decimal places,

we look at the ten-thousandth place, since it is greater than $5$,

So, we shall increase the thousandth place by $1$

Thus,

$\mathbf{}\mathbf{2}\mathbf{.}\mathbf{999824}\mathbf{}\mathbf{\approx }\mathbf{}\mathbf{3}\mathbf{.}\mathbf{000}$