# Rounding student input

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/rounding-student-input/1495>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/rounding-student-input/1495 "2020-09-13T03:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Allison\_Denisco](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/allison_denisco/32/422_2.png) [@Allison\_Denisco](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Allison_Denisco)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/rounding-student-input/1495/1 "2020-09-13T03:40:03Z")

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New to this whole thing so try to answer in beginner terms…

I am having students type in a computation on one slide (#-#)/# and I want to take that answer and have it show up later on. I was actually able to figure that out! But I want that answer rounded to 2 decimals. That I can not figure out…

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/rounding-student-input/1495/2 "2020-09-13T08:33:08Z")

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`numericValue("\round( ${whateverInputName.latex}, 2) ")`

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**Author:** ![Allison\_Denisco](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/allison_denisco/32/422_2.png) [@Allison\_Denisco](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Allison_Denisco)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/rounding-student-input/1495/3 "2020-09-13T11:54:09Z")

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That worked! Thank you so much