Numbers and Operations - MAP 5th Grade Math

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Round to the nearest tenth.

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When we round a number to the nearest tenth we look to the hundredths place to tell us if we round up or down.

If the number in our hundredths place is or greater, we round up. If the number in the hundredths place is or less, we round down. When we round up, the number in the hundredths place increases by and all the other numbers to the right become . When we round down, the number in the hundredths place stays the same and all the other numbers to the right become .

In this case, is less than so our rounded number is or

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