Question

Which number, when rounded to the nearest tenth, is 43.6? Options: A: 43.55 B: 43.657 C: 43.65 D: 43.549

Answer 1

Answer:

A: 43.55

Step-by-step explanation:

Place value can be defined as the numerical value representing a digit owing to its position in a number. Some examples of the various place values used in representing each digit are tenths, hundredths, thousandths, unit, tens, hundreds, thousands etc.

For example, in the number 43.55;

• The place value of 4 is tens.

• The place value of 3 is units.

• The place value of 5 is tenths.

• The place value of 5 is hundredths.

Rounding up to the nearest tenth simply means to have 1 significant figure after the decimal point.

Therefore, 43.55 to the nearest tenth is 43.6

Answer 2

Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer is A because 43.55 is rounded to 43.6. B is rounded to 43.7. C is rounded to 43.7. D is rounded to 43.5.