If height is 1 meter, height in inches rounded to nearest whole inch.

If height is 1 meter, height in inches rounded to nearest whole inch.

• A. 40 inches
• B. 39 inches
• C. 41 inches
• D. 38 inches

Answer: (B)

Converting meters to inches and then rounding to the nearest inch is the idea. One meter equals about 39.37 inches (since 1 meter is 100 centimeters and 1 inch is 2.54 centimeters: 100 / 2.54 ≈ 39.37). When you round 39.37 to the nearest whole inch, you look at the fractional part: 0.37 is less than 0.5, so you round down to 39 inches. That’s why the height rounded to the nearest inch is 39 inches. The other options would require the value to fall into different rounding intervals (for example, 39.5 or higher would round to 40, and 38.5 or higher would round to 39, but our value is 39.37, which lands on 39).

Converting meters to inches and then rounding to the nearest inch is the idea. One meter equals about 39.37 inches (since 1 meter is 100 centimeters and 1 inch is 2.54 centimeters: 100 / 2.54 ≈ 39.37). When you round 39.37 to the nearest whole inch, you look at the fractional part: 0.37 is less than 0.5, so you round down to 39 inches.

That’s why the height rounded to the nearest inch is 39 inches. The other options would require the value to fall into different rounding intervals (for example, 39.5 or higher would round to 40, and 38.5 or higher would round to 39, but our value is 39.37, which lands on 39).