Round Off Decimals  by  Margaret Ochieng

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To  round off  02.4786 looks at the digit in the hundredths place value is 8.

Therefore

  • Rounding to the nearest thousandth6 is greater than 5, so round up. Add 1 to the digit you are rounding to. 2.4796 right of the hundredth place.
  • The 8 is in the thousandth place.

Look at the immediate Replace all digits to right of the one you are rounding to with zeros.   

  • Answer: 2.4790

Since 4 is less than 5 we round down and leave the
thousandth place digit unchanged.

  •  Answer: 2.4780

Example: 

Round 2.4786 to nearest thousandth.
if the number we were rounding was 2.4784

Therefore

Since 4 is less than 5 we round down and leave the
thousandth place digit unchanged.

Answer: 2.4780

Round off the following the following to the nearest thousandths.

1.5.5387
2.57.1564
3.47 .1379
4.0.1564
5.0.0006

Answers

  1. 1.5390
  2. 57.1560
  3. 47.138
  4. 0.1560
  5. 0.001