Places | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 1 | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Rounded Number | 1 | 5 | . | 2 |
- 2 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 (2) does not change
- The digits to the right of the tenths place are dropped
- 15.23155 rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place) = 15.2