Places | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | |||||||
Number | 9 | . | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
Rounded Number | 1 | 0 |
- 0 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 (0)
- 1 + 0 = 1, so the digit in the tens place becomes 1
- 0 replaces the (9) in the ones place
- The decimal point and the digits to its right are dropped
- 9.0561 rounded to the nearest ten = 10