| Places | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||||
| Number | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | . | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Rounded Number | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
- 5 is in the ones place and 5 is in the tenths place
- Since the digit in the tenths place (5) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the ones place (5)
- 1 + 5 = 6, so the digit in the ones place becomes 6
- The decimal point and the digits to the right of the ones place are dropped
- 8,935.514 rounded to the nearest whole number (ones place) = 8,936
