calculations

[Tylina Guo 1K]

When calculating, should we round through each step or only round at the end?

[Josephine B 3L]

Hi!

I think it's common practice that you only round at the end of your calculations if possible. This way your answers are most accurate.

Hope this helps!

[Kavya Anand 2B]

Hi, you should round at the end of your calculations in order to get the most accurate answer!

[Nathan Morgan 2C]

Hello! I would say round at the end in order to avoid any rounding errors and ensure accuracy. That being said, for the final, since it is multiple choice I believe that you should be okay as the answers usually vary by a good amount and usually don't look at our accuracy with rounding or sig figs. Hope this helps!

[505784197]

I usually, just mark the sig.figs. after each step of the question as well and then I round it at the end.

[PatrickV]

What I do is that I usually do all decimal places during calculations (unless its infinite or very long I only do up to 4 past the decimal place) and then at the end use sig figs. You should use it at the end to get the most accurate and precise answer.

[Arpita Padhy 3E]

I usually try to round at the very end. I keep the other numbers in my calculator, so I get the most accurate number possible.

[Brianna Mercado 3D]

Hey! Its best to round after calculations in order to get the most accurate result

[Sally_Luo_3F]

It is best to round at the very end because rounding during the steps would result in different numbers that would affect your end result.

[Maia Holmes Kueny 1C]

Your answer will be more accurate if you only round at the end.