what is 7.166666666666667 rounded to the nearest tenth
Mathematics · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Given the value:
7.166666666666667
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 tenths is. The number places are as follow in an ascending order: Ones/units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions, hundred million, and so on.
For decimals, the number of places start with; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on.
1 is located in the tenths place and before 1 we have 6 which is greater than 5, therefore we will add 1 to 1.
= 7.2
Final answer:
= 7.2