SOLUTION: THE QUESTION IN THE BOOK IS: ROUND FORTY-EIGHT HUNDRETHS TO THE NEAREST TENTH. BUT WHAT I DONT GET IS HOW:YOU ROUND IT BECAUSE ITS AT HUNDRETHS ALREADY,BUT I TRIED IT AND GOT 0.5

Question 108263This question is from textbook SAXON MATH 7/6
: THE QUESTION IN THE BOOK IS: ROUND FORTY-EIGHT HUNDRETHS TO THE NEAREST TENTH.
BUT WHAT I DONT GET IS HOW:YOU ROUND IT BECAUSE ITS AT HUNDRETHS ALREADY,BUT I TRIED IT AND GOT 0.5 IS THAT RIGHT?
ANYWAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I THINK ITS GREAT THAT YOU HELP STUDENTS LIKE THIS.YOUR A GREAT HELP TO OUR COMMUNITY. This question is from textbook SAXON MATH 7/6

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ROUND FORTY-EIGHT HUNDRETHS TO THE NEAREST TENTH.
BUT WHAT I DONT GET IS HOW:YOU ROUND IT BECAUSE ITS AT HUNDRETHS ALREADY,BUT I TRIED IT AND GOT 0.5 IS THAT RIGHT?
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That is correct because the hundreth place is 5 or greater so you
round the tens place up from 4 to 5 and get 0.5
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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