Question

What is 1/6 as a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places?

Answer 1

Answer:

1/6 or 0.16666... can be written rounding off to three decimal digits such as:

• $0.16666...$ $\approx$ $0.167$   (rounding off to three decimal digits)

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that

$1\div 6\:=\:0.16666\dots \:$

In order to round off three decimal places (or digits ), we need to check:

• the digit in the fourth place.
• If the digit in the fourth place is greater than 5, then we must add 1 to the previous digit.

Therefore, 1/6 or 0.16666... can be written rounding off to three decimal digits such as:

• $0.16666...$ $\approx$ $0.167$   (rounding off to three decimal digits)