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I asked my math teacher this when I was a kid. He told me to accept that's the way it is so I did.
by parski 6y ago
I asked my math teacher this when I was a kid. He told me to accept that's the way it is so I did.
- missedthecue 6y agoKinda like why 5 rounds up instead of down
- smitop 6y agoWhen 5 rounds up, you can easily implement rounding as floor(x + 0.5).
- wnoise 6y agoBut it doesn't. The almost-universal standard is to round so that the higher-order digit is even: 0.5 -> 0, and 1.5 -> 2. https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/218821/round-to-even-rule https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/218821/round-to-ev...