The difference between Round down and Round up
When used as verbs, round down means to round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc, whereas round up means to gather (cattle) together by riding around them.
check bellow for the other definitions of Round down and Round up
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Round down as a verb (transitive, arithmetic):
To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
Examples:
"The total is $25,715, but to keep the figures simple, I'll round it down to $25,000."
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Round up as a verb (transitive):
To gather (cattle) together by riding around them.
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Round up as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To collect or gather (something) together.
Examples:
"Round up the usual suspects."
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Round up as a verb (transitive, arithmetic):
To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
Examples:
"The total is $24,995 — let's round up to $25,000."