Re: Nearest Five

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 17:04:33 -0700 Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM> writes:
> Isn't there a fancy way to say "round to the nearest five" or "ten"
> something like "nearest decade" or is it "decile"?  But what would
> five be?  Quintile????
No.... five would be "half-decade" to avoid addition of unnecessary
terminology.

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where we use significant figure conventions in our physics courses.
These never require rounding out to the nearest quintile.)