Question

Identify the underlined place in 83.5851. Then round to the nearest thousandth

Answer 1

The underlined place in 83.5851 which is  then rounded to the nearest thousandth is A. tenth; 83.585 .

Answer 2

Answer:

In the given question, there is no underline. There are two possibles answers

If 5 underlined, then the answer is A) tenth; 83.585

If 8 is underlines, then the answer is B) hundredths; 83.585

Step-by-step explanation:

The given number is 83.5851.

We need to round to the nearest thousandths place.

Step 1: Identify the thousandths place in the given number.

The decimal part 5851, it is start from tenths, hundredths, thousandths and so on.

So the digit in the thousandths place is 5.

Step 2: Now look for the digit which is right to 5. Which is 1

Note: If the digit is 5 or greater than 5, then we add 1 with the rounded place digit.

If the digit is less 5, then we keep the digit as it is and make other digits zeros.

Here the digit next to the thousandths place is 1. Which is less than 5. So we keep the thousandths place as it is.

So, we get 83.5850

Step 3: In decimal numbers, we will not consider the zeros at the last.

So, it is 83.585

In the given question, there is no underline. There are two possibles answers

If 5 underlined, then the answer is A) tenth; 83.585

If 8 is underlines, then the answer is B) hundredths; 83.585