| Places | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | Millionths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||||
| Number | 5 | 8 | . | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Rounded Number | 5 | 9 |
- 8 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 (8)
- 1 + 8 = 9, so the digit in the ones place becomes 9
- The decimal point and the digits to the right of the ones place are dropped
- 58.686671 rounded to the nearest whole number (ones place) = 59
