Question

Round 44.9598 to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

Well to figure out how to round to the tenth, let's figure out where the tenths place is.

Remember that "Tens" is 2 places to the LEFT of a decimal.

However, we are dealing with "Tenths", so we are actually moving 1 place to the RIGHT of a decimal.

So, with our number, we have 44.9598

44.9598
Remember we are looking for the "Tenths" place, so look 1 place to the RIGHT of a decimal.

44.9 is our number.
To determine if we round up or not, the Hundredths place must be 5 or higher to estimate up. If it does not meet the number 5, we stay at our current Tenths place.

The Hundredths place is 2 places to the RIGHT of a decimal.

We now have 44.95
Since our Hundredths place is 5 or higher, we round up our Tenths place by 1.

9 + 1 = 10

44 + 1.0 = 45.0

Your estimation is 45.0

I hope this helps!