| Places | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Rounded Number | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
- 5 is in the ones place and 0 is in the tenths place
- Since the digit in the tenths place (0) is less than 5, the digit in the ones place (5) does not change
- The decimal point and the digits to the right of the ones place are dropped
- 1,215.081 rounded to the nearest whole number (ones place) = 1,215
