Round 97.081 to the nearest tenth. A : 97 B : 97.1 C : 97.8 D : 97.08
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
97. 081
Round to the nearest tenths.
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 tenths 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.
In the given, the tenths place value is 0, and before 0 we have 8 which is greater than 5, this means that we will add 1 to 0.
= 97.1
Final answer: 97.1