diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/MatrixListing.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/MatrixListing.pm
index 5e8412f8b..70af296c0 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/MatrixListing.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/MatrixListing.pm
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ sub setRatings {
         my $sum     = $db->quickScalar("select sum(rating) $sql", [$self->getId,$category]);
         my $count   = $db->quickScalar("select count(*) $sql", [$self->getId,$category]);
         
-        my $half    = round($count/2);
+        my $half    = sprintf('%.0f', $count/2);
         my $mean    = $sum / ($count || 1);
         my $median  = $db->quickScalar("select rating $sql order by rating limit $half,1",[$self->getId,$category]);
         
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm
index e2f285712..03850e037 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ sub formatDuration {
         if ($hours[0]) {
             $formattedDuration = join ' ', @hours;
         }
-        my $minutes = round(($duration - $hours)/60)*60;
+        my $minutes = sprintf('%.0f', ($duration - $hours) / 60 ) * 60;
         my @minutes = $datetime->secondsToInterval($minutes);
         if ($minutes[0]) {
             $formattedDuration .= ', ', if $formattedDuration;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
index 1a652a839..70f806ff3 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ sub recalculateRating {
             [$self->getId]
         );
 
-    my $average = round($sum/$count);
+    my $average = sprintf('%.0f', $sum/$count);
     $self->update({rating=>$average});
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm
index a74767c60..dfa920fc7 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm
@@ -502,9 +502,9 @@ sub view {
                 	push(@answers,{
 				"answer.form"=>WebGUI::Form::radio($self->session,{name=>"answer",value=>"a".$i}),
 				"answer.text"=>$self->get('a'.$i),
-				"answer.graphWidth"=>round($self->get("graphWidth")*$tally/$totalResponses),
+				"answer.graphWidth"=>sprintf('%.0f', $self->get("graphWidth")*$tally/$totalResponses),
 				"answer.number"=>$i,
-				"answer.percent"=>round(100*$tally/$totalResponses),
+				"answer.percent"=>sprintf('%0.f', 100*$tally/$totalResponses),
 				"answer.total"=>($tally+0)
                         	});
 			push(@dataset, ($tally+0));
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StockData.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StockData.pm
index 0d6cef4e2..3e80499cf 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StockData.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/StockData.pm
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ sub _appendStockVars {
    }
    $hash->{'stocks.p_change'} = _na($data->{$symbol,"p_change"});
    $hash->{'stocks.volume'} = _na($data->{$symbol,"volume"});
-   $hash->{'stocks.volume.millions'} = _na(WebGUI::Utility::round(($hash->{'stocks.volume'}/1000000),2));
+   $hash->{'stocks.volume.millions'} = _na(sprintf('%.2f', $hash->{'stocks.volume'}/1000000));
    $hash->{'stocks.avg_vol'} = _na($data->{$symbol,"avg_vol"});
    $hash->{'stocks.bid'} = _na($data->{$symbol,"bid"});
    $hash->{'stocks.ask'} = _na(Number::Format::format_number($data->{$symbol,"ask"}));
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Survey.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Survey.pm
index 31ec44f1b..5532ef436 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Survey.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Survey.pm
@@ -2252,7 +2252,7 @@ END_SQL
                 && WebGUI::DateTime->new( $self->session, $row->{endDate} )->toUserTimeZone,
             response_user_name => ( $row->{userId} eq '1' ) ? $row->{ipAddress} : $row->{username},
             response_count_correct => $correctCount,
-            response_percent       => round( ( $correctCount / $var->{question_count} ) * 100 ),
+            response_percent       => sprintf('%.0f', ( $correctCount / $var->{question_count} ) * 100 ),
             };
     }
     $var->{response_loop} = \@responseloop;
@@ -2302,7 +2302,7 @@ sub www_viewStatisticalOverview {
                     [$sectionIndex,$questionIndex,$answerIndex]);
                 my $responsePercent;
                 if ($totalResponses) {
-                    $responsePercent = round(($numResponses/$totalResponses)*100);
+                    $responsePercent = sprintf('%.0f', ($numResponses/$totalResponses)*100);
                 } else {
                     $responsePercent = 0;
                 }
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Image/Graph/XYGraph/Bar.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Image/Graph/XYGraph/Bar.pm
index 32f77e965..a7ad738c7 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Image/Graph/XYGraph/Bar.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Image/Graph/XYGraph/Bar.pm
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ sub getAnchorSpacing {
 
 	my $numberOfGroups = List::Util::max(map {scalar @$_} @{$self->getDataset});
 
-	my $spacing = round(($self->getChartWidth - ($numberOfGroups-1) * $self->getGroupSpacing) / $numberOfGroups + $self->getGroupSpacing);
+	my $spacing = sprintf('%.0f', ($self->getChartWidth - ($numberOfGroups-1) * $self->getGroupSpacing) / $numberOfGroups + $self->getGroupSpacing);
 
 	return {
 		x	=> $spacing,
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ sub getFirstAnchorLocation {
 	my $self = shift;
 
 	return {
-		x	=> round($self->getChartOffset->{x} + ($self->getAnchorSpacing->{x} - $self->getGroupSpacing) / 2),
+		x	=> sprintf('%.0f', $self->getChartOffset->{x} + ($self->getAnchorSpacing->{x} - $self->getGroupSpacing) / 2),
 		y	=> $self->getChartOffset->{y} + $self->getChartHeight
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm
index 82b2567b8..a82444409 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Help.pm
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ A scalar ref to the array of data that will be broken into columns.
 sub _columnar {
 	my ($columns, $list) = @_;
 	my @entries = @{ $list };
-	my $fraction = round(@entries/$columns + 0.50);
+	my $fraction = sprintf('%.0f', @entries/$columns + 0.50);
 	my $output = '<tr><td valign="top">';
 	@entries = sort { $a->{name} cmp $b->{name} } @entries;
 	my $i = 0;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ sub www_viewHelpIndex {
         }
     }
 	my $output = '<table width="100%" class="content"><tr><td valign="top">';
-	my $halfway = round(@helpIndex / 2);
+	my $halfway = sprintf('%.0f', @helpIndex / 2);
 	my $i = 0;
         @helpIndex = sort { $a->[2] cmp $b->[2] } @helpIndex;
         foreach my $helpEntry (@helpIndex) {
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Paginator.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Paginator.pm
index fd0d9d9fb..513e40903 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Paginator.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Paginator.pm
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ sub getPageLinks {
 	if ($limit) {
 		my $output;
 		my $i = 1;
-		my $minPage = $self->getPageNumber - round($limit/2);
+		my $minPage = $self->getPageNumber - sprintf('%.0f', $limit/2);
 		my $start = ($minPage > 0) ? $minPage : 1;
 		my $maxPage = $start + $limit - 1;
 		my $end = ($maxPage < $self->getPageNumber) ? $self->getPageNumber : $maxPage;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Role/Asset/Comments.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Role/Asset/Comments.pm
index ca54fd16f..83c50528c 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Role/Asset/Comments.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Role/Asset/Comments.pm
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Returns the HTML needed to render the average rating icon.
 
 sub getAverageCommentRatingIcon {
 	my $self = shift;
-	return q{<img src="}.$self->session->url->extras('form/CommentRating/'.round($self->get('averageCommentRating'),0).'.png').q{" style="vertical-align: middle;" alt="}.$self->get('averageCommentRating').q{" />};
+	return q{<img src="}.$self->session->url->extras('form/CommentRating/'.sprintf('%.0f', $self->get('averageCommentRating')).'.png').q{" style="vertical-align: middle;" alt="}.$self->get('averageCommentRating').q{" />};
 	
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Session/DateTime.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Session/DateTime.pm
index d56dfd092..19e7768a6 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Session/DateTime.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Session/DateTime.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use DateTime::TimeZone;
 use Scalar::Util qw( weaken );
 use Tie::IxHash;
 use WebGUI::International;
-use WebGUI::Utility qw(round isIn);
+use WebGUI::Utility qw(isIn);
 use Scalar::Util qw(weaken);
 
 
@@ -815,40 +815,25 @@ The number of seconds in the interval.
 
 =cut
 
+my %intervals = (
+    31536000    => "703", # years
+    2592000     => "702", # months
+    604800      => "701", # weeks
+    86400       => "700", # days
+    3600        => "706", # hours
+    60          => "705", # minutes
+);
+
 sub secondsToInterval {
-	my $self = shift;
-	my $seconds = shift;
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $seconds = shift;
     my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($self->session, 'WebGUI');
-	my ($interval, $units);
-	if ($seconds >= 31536000) {
-		$interval = round($seconds/31536000);
-		$units = $i18n->get("703");
-	}
-    elsif ($seconds >= 2592000) {
-        $interval = round($seconds/2592000);
-        $units = $i18n->get("702");
-	}
-    elsif ($seconds >= 604800) {
-        $interval = round($seconds/604800);
-        $units = $i18n->get("701");
-	}
-    elsif ($seconds >= 86400) {
-        $interval = round($seconds/86400);
-        $units = $i18n->get("700");
+    for my $unit (sort { $b <=> $a } keys %intervals) {
+        if ($seconds > $unit) {
+            return (sprintf('%.0f', $seconds / $unit), $i18n->get($intervals{$unit}));
+        }
     }
-    elsif ($seconds >= 3600) {
-        $interval = round($seconds/3600);
-        $units = $i18n->get("706");
-    }
-    elsif ($seconds >= 60) {
-        $interval = round($seconds/60);
-        $units = $i18n->get("705");
-    }
-    else {
-        $interval = $seconds;
-        $units = $i18n->get("704");
-	}
-	return ($interval, $units);
+    return ($seconds, $i18n->get("704")); # seconds
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -867,17 +852,9 @@ sub secondsToExactInterval {
     my $self = shift;
     my $seconds = shift;
     my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($self->session, 'WebGUI');
-    my %units = (
-        31536000    => "703", # years
-        2592000     => "702", # months
-        604800      => "701", # weeks
-        86400       => "700", # days
-        3600        => "706", # hours
-        60          => "705", # minutes
-    );
-    for my $unit (sort { $b <=> $a } keys %units) {
+    for my $unit (sort { $b <=> $a } keys %intervals) {
         if ($seconds % $unit == 0) {
-            return ($seconds / $unit, $i18n->get($units{$unit}));
+            return ($seconds / $unit, $i18n->get($intervals{$unit}));
         }
     }
     return ($seconds, $i18n->get("704")); # seconds
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm
index 79ba62895..1678fa680 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use Net::CIDR::Lite;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw(
-	&sortHash &isIn &round
+	&sortHash &isIn
 	);
 
 
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ This package provides miscellaneous but useful utilities to the WebGUI programme
 
  use WebGUI::Utility;
  $boolean = isIn($value, @array);
- $rounded = round($number, $digits);
  %hash = sortHash(%hash);
 
 =head1 METHODS
@@ -72,29 +71,6 @@ sub isIn {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-=head2 round ( float [, significantDigits ] )
-
-Returns an integer after rounding a floating point number.
-
-=head3 float
-
-Any floating point number.
-
-=head3 significantDigits
-
-The number of digits to leave after the decimal point. Defaults to 0.
-
-B<NOTE:> If you set this higher than 0 then you'll get back another floating point number rather than an integer.
-
-=cut
-
-sub round {
-	my $significantDigits = $_[1] || 0;
-        return sprintf(('%.'.$significantDigits.'f'), $_[0]);
-}
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 =head2 sortHash ( hash )
 
 Sorts a hash by its values. Returns a Tie::IxHash.  You must assign this to
diff --git a/t/Utility.t b/t/Utility.t
index f02ba67d4..28fc4c773 100644
--- a/t/Utility.t
+++ b/t/Utility.t
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
 # isIn
 ok(WebGUI::Utility::isIn("webgui", qw(cars trucks webgui trains)), 'isIn()');
 
-
-# round
-is(WebGUI::Utility::round(47.133984233, 0), 47, 'round() - 0 significant digits');
-is(WebGUI::Utility::round(47.133984233, 3), 47.134, 'round() - multiple significant digits');
-is(WebGUI::Utility::round(47.6, 0), 48, 'round() - rounds up, too');
-
 {
 	# Just some basic tests for now.