| Places | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 1 | 7 | 9 | . | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Rounded Number | 1 | 7 | 9 |
- 9 is in the ones place and 1 is in the tenths place
- Since the digit in the tenths place (1) is less than 5, the digit in the ones place (9) does not change
- The decimal point and the digits to the right of the ones place are dropped
- 179.13725 rounded to the nearest whole number (ones place) = 179
