Ok it is said that it is almost 15% So we know how to round: if it the rounding place value is 5 or more, we round upwards If it is less than 5, it stays the same
So in this example: The percentage is rounded up to the nearest whole number: Look at the number after the decimal point.
14.1% ⇒ is closer to 14% 15.1% ⇒ is closer to 15% 15.8% ⇒ is closer to 16% 14.2% ⇒ is closer to 14% 14.3% ⇒ is closer to 14% 15.5% ⇒ is closer to 16% 14.4% ⇒ is closer to 14% 15.6% ⇒ is closer to 16% 14.5% ⇒ is closer to 15% 15.7% ⇒ is closer to 16% 14.6% ⇒ is closer to 15% 15.3% ⇒ is closer to 15% 14.7% ⇒ is closer to 15% 15.9% ⇒ is closer to 16% 14.8% ⇒ is closer to 15% 15.2% ⇒ is closer to 15% 14.9% ⇒ is closer to 15% 15.4% ⇒ is closer to 15%
These are the values that the percentage could have been to one decimal place: 15.1%, 14.5%, 14.6%, 15.3%, 14.7%, 14.8%, 15.2%, 14.9%, and 15.4%