Places | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 2 | 2 | . | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Rounded Number | 2 | 2 | . | 8 |
- 8 is in the tenths place and 0 is in the hundredths place
- Since the digit in the hundredths place (0) is less than 5, the digit in the tenths place (8) does not change
- The digits to the right of the tenths place are dropped
- 22.801 rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place) = 22.8