Places | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 0 | . | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Rounded Number | 0 | . | 5 |
- 5 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 (5) does not change
- The digits to the right of the tenths place are dropped
- 0.501 rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place) = 0.5