Places | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 3 | 8 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Rounded Number | 3 | 8 | . | 3 |
- 3 is in the tenths place and 3 is in the hundredths place
- Since the digit in the hundredths place (3) is less than 5, the digit in the tenths place (3) does not change
- The digits to the right of the tenths place are dropped
- 38.3333 rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place) = 38.3