7.51 rounded to the nearest tenth
Mathematics · High School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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Given the number:
7.51
Round 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 the nearest tenths, we must determine first where tenth is. 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.
For decimals, the number places starts with; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on.
5 is located is the tenths place, hence before 5 we have 1 which is less than 5, therefore we will retain 5 as it is .
= 7.5
Final answer:
= 7.5