In these questions, they ALWAYS want whole numbers, ..e.g. 1 cat or 2 cat, 3 years, 4 rounds (that is what I was told when I did the HSC).
EVen if it is 8.12 cats or 9.05 dogs..... we always round up to the next number (despite the decimal part being less than 0.5)
(this is the standard for...