Why do we round up 0.5000 to 1 instead of rounding down to 0?

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Why do we round up 0.5000 to 1 instead of rounding down to 0?

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Because 0,1,2,3, and 4 are the first half. 5,6,7,8, and 9 are the second.

.5 is closer to the next higher integer than the lower. If only by the smallest of margins. There are exactly as many numbers between 0-.4999 as there are from .5-.9999. (Obviously, I don’t mean infinity)

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