document.write( "Question 154044: how do you write the decimal approximation to the nearest 10th? \n" ); document.write( "
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Say you had a number:
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\n" ); document.write( "Imagine, if you will, a general decimal number. The location of the digits represents:
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\n" ); document.write( "| |||__ thousandths
\n" ); document.write( "| ||___ hundredths
\n" ); document.write( "| |____ tenths
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\n" ); document.write( "If you are approximating to the nearest tenths, all you need to do is look at the digit to the immediate right (the hundredth) digit.
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\n" ); document.write( "If it is less than 5, eliminate ALL digits to the right of the tenths digit
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\n" ); document.write( "If it is 5, or more, eliminate ALL digits to the right of the tenths digit AND increment the tenths digit.
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\n" ); document.write( "For example:
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\n" ); document.write( "Since the hundredth digit (3) is less than 5, we use condition #1:
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\n" ); document.write( "Another example:
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\n" ); document.write( "Since the hundredth digit (6) is greater than 5, we use condition #2:
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