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The number is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=2b9e2fe71c3782212566e1f6cfd05d61.png\")
The place-value chart for ![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=2b9e2fe71c3782212566e1f6cfd05d61.png\")
is
![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/Library/place%20value%20chart_pa_29_p32.gif\")
From the Chart:
\§ 2 is in the ones place.
\§ On number line 8 is to the right of 5.
\§ ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=5a5dfc73cb962d5249dc207db8bb2e42.png\")
(The digit 8 is greater than 5, the digit being rounded
increase by one)
\So,![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d182c1462891a4b777162f29d8a9115a.png\")
rounded to the nearest whole number is 3.
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The nearest whole number is 3.
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