Places | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | Millionths | Ten Millionths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 0 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
Rounded Number | 0 | . | 7 |
- 7 is in the tenths place and 1 is in the hundredths place
- Since the digit in the hundredths place (1) is less than 5, the digit in the tenths place (7) does not change
- The digits to the right of the tenths place are dropped
- 0.7142857 rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place) = 0.7