The nearest whole number for 5 2/3 is 6.
Rounding to the nearest whole number
"While rounding off to the nearest whole number-
If that digit next to the ones place is equal to 5 or greater than 5, we add 1 to the ones place digit of the number and remove the decimal part of the number.
However, when that next place digit is less than 5, we keep the digit at ones place as it is and remove the decimal part. "
Given number: [tex]5\frac{2}{3} \approx 5.67[/tex]
We need to round the given number to the nearest whole number.
The digit at ones place is 5.
Since the digit next to ones place 6, which is greater than 5.
So, we add 1 to the ones digit and remove the decimal places.
⇒ 5.67 ≈ 6
Therefore, the correct answer is 6.
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