| Places | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| Number | 2 | 0 | 9 | . | 6 | 4 |
| Rounded Number | 2 | 1 | 0 |
- 9 is in the ones place and 6 is in the tenths place
- Since the digit in the tenths place (6) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the ones place (9)
- 1 + 9 = 10, so the digit in the ones place becomes 0, and 1 is added to the digit in the tens place (0)
- 1 + 0 = 1, so the digit in the tens place becomes 1
- The decimal point and the digits to the right of the ones place are dropped
- 209.64 rounded to the nearest whole number (ones place) = 210
