SOLUTION: round to nearest 1000th -0.3898

Question 208403: round to nearest 1000th -0.3898
Found 2 solutions by HyperBrain, MathTherapy:
Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-0.3898
the preceding number is 8 -- which is greater than 5-- so round up to:
-0.4
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
round to nearest 1000th -0.3898
To the nearest thousandths means that we need to have this number to 3 decimal places.

As the fourth digit, 8, is greater than 5, we need to ROUND UP the previous digit, 9. However, this number when ROUND UP gives us 0, which means that we need to ROUND UP the next preceding digit which is 8.

This therefore makes this number
RELATED QUESTIONS
Solve and round to the nearest 1000th... (answered by josgarithmetic)
randomly selects answers to all 10 questions on a multiple-choice quiz. Each question has (answered by stanbon)
0.61 (round to the nearest... (answered by CubeyThePenguin)
x^2 + 10x - 47 = 0 round to the nearest... (answered by checkley71)
A bag contains 7 red marbles, 8 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. If two marbles are... (answered by DrBeeee)
Round to the nearest... (answered by ikleyn,Alan3354)
Solve. Round results to the nearest thousandth. 7x2 - 6x + 3 = 0 (answered by checkley71)
9) Solve. Round results to the nearest thousandth. 7x2 - 6x - .4255 = 0 (answered by checkley77)