Question

Round 977.259856871 to 3 decimal places

Answer 1

977.259856871
The third decimal place is 9.
The number after that is above 5, so round up.
Your answer should be 977.260

Answer 2

You will want to round to 977.259

look at the number to the right of 9, it is 8, and 8 > 5. IF the number is 5 or greater, round up.

so your answer is 977.260

hope this helps