Question

What is 4.153 to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

4.153 to the nearest tenth place is 4.2

First lets find the tenth place.

         4.            1             5                   3

      ones     tenths   hundreds   thousands

So 1 is the tenths place. Now we found the tenths place, we have to look at the number ti the right. In this case, the number is 5. When rounding, if the number to the right is 5 or more, you raise the left number by 1, in this case the number we are adding one to is 1. So the 1 turns into a 2. So the answer is,

4.2