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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Using Math Methods

Posted by Subham Tiwari
Subham Tiwari
1,543 Points

Open an alert dialog a second time and display the temperature variable rounded downward to the nearest integer. You'll

Open an alert dialog a second time and display the temperature variable rounded downward to the nearest integer. You'll need to check the Mozilla Developer Network to find the proper Math method for this (hint: down is toward the "floor".)

script.js 
var temperature = 37.5;
alert(temperature);
alert(Math.round(temperature));
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Victor Enriquez
Victor Enriquez
22,766 Points
Victor Enriquez
Victor Enriquez
22,766 Points

The proper Math method for this is floor() and in your case it is used as follows:

alert(Math.floor(temperature));

And here is the link for the complete documentation:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Math/floor