Places | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | Millionths | Ten Millionths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | |||||||||
Number | 0 | . | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Rounded Number | 0 | . | 2 |
- 1 is in the tenths place and 5 is in the hundredths place
- Since the digit in the hundredths place (5) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the tenths place (1)
- 1 + 1 = 2, so the digit in the tenths place becomes 2
- The digits to the right of the tenths place are dropped
- 0.1538461 rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place) = 0.2