Soapbox Math How the way we’re taught to round numbers in school falls short A different approach is better suited for machine learning and quantum computing A method taught in school for rounding numbers doesn’t work well for certain uses, including in machine learning. Now, a different way of rounding is making a “resurgence,” researchers say. Marco Guidi/EyeEm/Getty Images Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Rachel Crowell March 22, 2022 at 9:00 am Imagine needing to estimate the total cost of the items in your grocery basket to decide whether to put something back.