What is 131 rounded by the nearest tenth?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the number:
131
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 tenths, we must determine first where tenths 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.
Tenth is located in the decimal places, and we are given a whole number, therefore we retain the number as it is.
Final answer:
131