Places | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | . | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Rounded Number | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | . | 9 |
- 9 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 (9) does not change
- The digits to the right of the tenths place are dropped
- 2,171.9066 rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place) = 2,171.9