0.125 to the nearest thousandth
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
0.125
Round to the nearest thousandth
Solution:
In rounding numbers, it must be taken to note that if the number is greater than or equal to 5 then the succeeding number will be added by 1, hence if the number is less than 5, then the succeeding number will remain the same.
Since we are asked to round to the nearest thousandths, we must determine first where thousandths is.For decimals, the number places starts with; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on. For whole numbers the number places are as follow in an ascending order: Ones/units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions, hundred millions, and so on.
thousandth is located 3 units to the right, and since we do not have any other value before that, this means that it has a number 0 on it, and 0 is less than 5, therefore we will retain the decimal as it is.
Final answer:
0.125