16.437 rounded to the nearest tenth
Mathematics · College · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
16.437
Round to the number to the nearest tenth.
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 tenth, we must determine first tenth is. For decimals, the number places starts with; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on. The number places for whole number are: Ones/units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions, hundred millions, and so on. Tenth can be found as the first digit after the decimal point which is 4 in the given number.
16.437 rounded to the nearest tenth is equal to 16.4 since 3 is lesser than 5, which means the number 4 will be retained.