| Places | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | . | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Rounded Number | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
- 9 is in the ones place and 1 is in the tenths place
- Since the digit in the tenths place (1) is less than 5, the digit in the ones place (9) does not change
- The decimal point and the digits to the right of the ones place are dropped
- 2,509.162 rounded to the nearest whole number (ones place) = 2,509
