| Places | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Number | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | . | 8 |
| Rounded Number | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
- 9 is in the ones place and 8 is in the tenths place
- Since the digit in the tenths place (8) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the ones place (9)
- 1 + 9 = 10, so the digit in the ones place becomes 0, and 1 is added to the digit in the tens place (9)
- 1 + 9 = 10, so the digit in the tens place becomes 0, and 1 is added to the digit in the hundreds place (8)
- 1 + 8 = 9, so the digit in the hundreds place becomes 9
- The decimal point and the digit in the tenths place are dropped
- 5,899.8 rounded to the nearest whole number (ones place) = 5,900
