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ERIC Number: EJ543513
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
Rounding Numbers: Why the "New System" Doesn't Work.
Midden, W. Robert
Journal of Chemical Education, v74 n4 p405 Apr 1997
Discusses flaws in the reasoning behind a "new system" proposed for rounding numbers that was published in a previous issue of this journal. Concludes that the new system should be used only for numbers in which the nonzero digits following a dropped 5 have some significance. (JRH)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Higher Education, Number Concepts, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rounding (Mathematics)