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Detailed Solutions to Practice #3
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Given the decimal below, round it to the specified places:
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Item 1: To the tenths
place. Round down to 0.2
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Since we wish to round 0.23456 off to the tenths place, we need to look at the digit in the hundredths place. This digit is a 3. Since this digit is less than 5, we round down, meaning we drop off the end leaving only the tenths place. This leaves us with 0.2. |
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Item 2: To the hundredths
place. Round down to 0.23
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Since we wish to round 0.23456 off to the hundredths place, we need to look at the digit in the thousandths place. This digit is a 4. Since this digit is less than 5, we round down, meaning we drop off the end leaving only the tenths and hundredths place. This leaves us with 0.23. |
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Item 3: To the thousandths place. Round up to 0.235
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Since we wish to round 0.23456 off to the thousandths place, we need to look at the digit in the ten thousandths place. This digit is a 5. Since the digit is 5 or greater, we round up. This means we increase the digit in the thousandths place by one, from 4 to 5, giving us 0.235. |
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If you feel you need further review before trying the additional practice, reread this unit.
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