Two decimal places means two digits after the decimal point. To round to 2 decimal places, look at the third digit. It’s 3 and as this is less than 5, the second digit 7 will stay unchanged.
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A test of simple maths skills taken by teachers from schools across the country has revealed a “shocking” lack of mental arithmetic ability and basic maths knowledge.
Only four out of 10 teachers could work out that 2.1 per cent of 400 is 8.4. Only a third knew that 1.4 divided by 0.1 is 14, and less than 50 per cent could work out that a half divided by a quarter is 2.
Millions of children are receiving extra tuition as parents become increasingly desperate to give them a head-start in the competition for school places, new research has found, writes the Telegraph.
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