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Welcome to round to the nearest 10 cents. Here we discuss the nearest 10 cents rounding, including examples.
In this article you can also find a state-of-the-art rounding calculator a few lines below.
Additionally included is a related quiz.
Round to the Nearest 10 Cents Calculator
Insert the amount you’d like to start with, that’s it.
You may change the regular round mode to round down or round up, as discussed further below in this article.
Where is the Nearest 10 Cents’ Place?
The nearest 10 cents place of an amount of money is the value two places to the right of the decimal point after it has been rounded depending on the value of the nearest hundredth or cent.
How do you Round to the Nearest 10 Cents?
How do you round money to the nearest dime?
Check the nearest cent value:
If it is 0 do nothing.
If it is 1, 2, 3 or 4 round down to the nearest 10 cents by changing the second digit to the right of the decimal point to 0. If it is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 round up to the nearest 10 cents by by changing the second digit to the right of the decimal point to 0 and increasing the one’s place value of your amount by 1.
Below you can find the one-to-one mapping of nearest cent to nearest ten cents:
- 0 → 0
- 1 → 0
- 2 → 0
- 3 → 0
- 4 → 0
- 5 → 0 *
- 6 → 0 *
- 7 → 0 *
- 8 → 0 *
- 9 → 0 *
*) The one’s place increases by 1
For example:
- $2.27: The nearest cent’s value is 7, so we round up: $2.27 → $2.30
- $5.31: The nearest cent’s value is 1, so we round down: $5.31 → $5.30
- $10.00: Nothing to be done, the nearest cent’s value is 0; $10.00 → $10.00
In the table below you can find some amounts in dollar rounded to nearest dime.
| Amount | Rounded to Nearest 10 Cents |
|---|---|
| 10.23 | 10.20 |
| 17.32 | 17.30 |
| 16.228 | 16.20 |
| 23.61 | 23.60 |
| 12.75 | 12.80 |
| 19.21 | 19.20 |
| 22.87 | 22.90 |
| 11.54 | 11.50 |
| 111.59 | 111.60 |
| 20.25 | 20.30 |
| 24.63 | 24.60 |
| 109.09 | 109.10 |
| 34.12 | 34.10 |
| 30.56 | 30.60 |
| 59.52 | 59.50 |
| 29.99 | 30.00 |
| 12.50 | 12.50 |
| 54.64 | 54.60 |
| 20.78 | 20.80 |
| 22.75 | 22.80 |
| 55.41 | 55.40 |
| 97.69 | 97.70 |
| 0.572 | 0.60 |
| 39.63 | 39.60 |
| 54.54 | 54.50 |
| 54.55 | 54.60 |
| 54.56 | 54.60 |
| 80.754 | 80.80 |
| 36.79 | 36.80 |
| 55.3 | 55.30 |
| 71.23 | 71.20 |
| 50 | 50.00 |
| 45.899 | 45.90 |
| 126.53 | 126.50 |
| 27.27 | 27.30 |
| 74.18 | 74.20 |
| 8.50 | 8.50 |
| 24.18 | 24.20 |
| 85.32 | 85.30 |
| 740.21 | 740.20 |
| 1.58 | 1.60 |
| 200.23 | 200.20 |
| 15.974333 | 16.00 |
| 73.52 | 73.50 |
| 25.31 | 25.30 |
| … | … |
In case you need further explanation why a certain table entry has been rounded one way or another, employ our comment form located at the bottom of this article.
Round up to the Nearest 10 Cents
If the hundredths’ value of a certain amount is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, then, according to our rounding rules, you round up to the nearest 10 cents.
However, the term round up to the nearest 10 cents means that all hundredths in between 1 and 9 are rounded up by changing value in the hundredths’ place to 0 and increasing the value in the one’s place by 1.
Round Down to the Nearest 10 Cents
If the hundredths’ value of a certain amount is 1, 2, 3 or 4, then, according to our rounding rules, you round down to the nearest 10 cents.
However, the term round down to the nearest 10 cents means that all hundredths in between 1 and 9 are rounded down by changing value in the hundredths’ place to 0.
Bottom Line
Any rounded amount in dollars and any other currency has always the same value as the amount you started with.
Yet, its value is less exact.
Here you can find all about the nearest 25 cents.
– Article written by Mark, last updated on December 4th, 2023