Round and round
Often, numbers are easier to read if you limit how precisely they are written. For example, 75 is easier to read than 74.9729526456456.
ROUND() lets you round numbers to a specified number of decimal places.
ROUND(A1)rounds the number in cellA1to the nearest whole number.ROUND(A1, 3)rounds it to three decimal places - or, in other words, to the nearest thousandth.ROUND(A1, -3)rounds it to the nearest thousand.
This exercise is part of the course
Intermediate Google Sheets
Exercise instructions
- In column
H, round the aphelion to the nearest whole number. - In column
I, round the perihelion to one decimal place (to the nearest tenth) - In column
J, round the upper bound of the size to the nearest hundred.
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