Question

Estimate 19.164 - 9.53 by first rounding each number to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Rounded to the nearest tenth:
19.164 would become 19.2
9.53 would become 9.5

19.2- 9.5= 9.7

Final answer: 9.7~

Answer 2

19.164 can be rounded to 19.2. That is because 0.164 is closer to 0.2 than it is to 0.1

9.53 rounded the the nearest tenth is 9.5 because 0.53 is closer to 0.5 than it is to 0.6.

19.2 - 9.5 = 9.7

Your answer is 9.7