Answer:
12.5 is to the nearest tenth
12.54 is to the nearest hundredth
Step-by-step explanation:
12.537
The first number after the decimal is the tenths place
we look at the number after it to determine whether to round up or down
12.53 the 3 is less than 5 so we leave it alone
13.5 is rounded to the nearest tenth
The second number after the decimal is the hundrdeths place
we look at the number after it to determine whether to round up or down
12.537 the 7 is greather than or equal to 5 so we round up
13.537 is rounded becomes 13.54
