Why does Math.Round(2.5) return 2 instead of 3?

Question

In C#, the result of Math.Round(2.5) is 2.

It is supposed to be 3, isn\'t it? Why is it 2 instead in C#?

Answer 1

This is ugly as all hell, but always produces correct arithmetic rounding.

public double ArithRound(double number,int places){

  string numberFormat = "###.";

  numberFormat = numberFormat.PadRight(numberFormat.Length + places, '#');

  return double.Parse(number.ToString(numberFormat));

}