| Places | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||
| Number | 3 | 5 | 9 | . | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Rounded Number | 3 | 6 | 0 |
- 5 is in the tens place and 9 is in the ones place
- Since the digit in the ones place (9) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the tens place (5)
- 1 + 5 = 6, so the digit in the tens place becomes 6
- 0 replaces the (9) in the ones place
- The decimal point and the digits to its right are dropped
- 359.987 rounded to the nearest ten = 360
