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Name: Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers: Rounding Whole Numbers
ID: m34780
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module is from Fundamentals of Mathematics by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis, Jr. This module discusses how to round whole numbers. By the end of the module students should be able to understand that rounding is a method of approximation and round a whole number to a specified position.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: approximation, elementary, math, numbers, rounding, whole numbers
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Wade Ellis (fgafaculty@gmail.com), Denny Burzynski (dcwill@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Wade Ellis (fgafaculty@gmail.com), Denny Burzynski (dcwill@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Wade Ellis (fgafaculty@gmail.com), Denny Burzynski (dcwill@rice.edu), UniqU, LLC (daniel@theuniqu.com), Math Editors (dlippman@pierce.ctc.edu), Connexions (cnx@cnx.org)
Editors: Math Editors (dlippman@pierce.ctc.edu)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: Jun 22, 2010 8:28 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Aug 18, 2010 8:09 pm -0500

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Version: 1.3 Aug 18, 2010 8:09 pm -0500 by Collins Williamson
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value added features added, metadata, accessibility, QA checks, links, and image sizing adjusted.
Version: 1.2 Jul 20, 2010 9:26 pm -0500 by UniqU, LLC
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Version: 1.1 Jul 16, 2010 5:32 pm -0500 by Collins Williamson
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