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		jkestner on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 64-bit bank balances ‘ought to be enough for anybo... I'm going through this pain right now in helping my kid with homework in rounding and discovering my internalized rules are different from what they're being taught now. EXACT same pain as yours, depending on the precision and rounding rules of your pain scale.

SenHeng on Sept 20, 2023 [–]

Less than four rounds down to zero, five and above rounds up to 10.

What has changed? Or how different were your internalised rules?

jkestner on Sept 20, 2023 | [–]

Round to the even number, which eliminates a bias toward the higher number. This is the way Python does it.

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