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Open question: what is a round number, for you personally? (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It really depends on context, but if I’m just talking about estimating something, it’s usually rounding a decimal to a whole number or if it’s already a whole number, rounding it to the closest value that is divisible by 5 or 10.

Other than that, it’s basically just about reducing significant figures to make doing rough estimates more easily.