Rounding Decimals
Round the number to tenths place.
57.3
57.0
What is the value of the 4 in 24.26?
4 or 4 ones
What place is the 5 in 54.068?
tens place
What are the steps to compare a decimal?
1. Line up the decimal points. Start at the left. Compare digits of the same place value.
2. Find the first place where the digits are different.
3. Compare.
Round each number to the place value of the italicized digit.
0.715
7.2
What is the value of the 4 in 34.16?
30 or 3 tens
What place is the 6 in 56.041?
the ones place
Compare the numbers.
3.692___ 3.697
3.692 < 3.697
Round each number to the place value of the italicized digit.
6.438
6.44
What is the value of 9 in 23.94
3 tenths or .3
What place is the 1 in 34.168?
tenths
Order the numbers from greatest to least.
878.403, 887.304, 887.043
887.304, 887.043, 887.403
Round to the nearest whole number 8.21
8
7 hundredths or .07
What place is the 5 in 203.95?
hundredths
Greater than or less than?
0.2 0.125
0.2 > 0.125
Round to the nearest whole number 15.8
16
What is the value of the 5 in 0.975?
5 thousandths or .005
What place is the 8 in 31.068?
thousandths place
Write the numbers in order least to greatest 1.33, 1.2 0.34.
0.34, 1.2, 1.33