Question

What would 24.583 to the nearest tenth be?

Answer 1

24.6

Explanation:

24.583= the bold is what were focused on

look at 24, now you see the dot there is a 5 that will tell you if you round up or down

if its 5 or less; the number 5 stays the same if it's 5 or up you round up its like adding +1

That's why it turned to the number 6

24.6

Remember that 24 will stay the same

Hope this helped :D

Answer 2

24.6

Explanation:

We know that the nearest tenth of a number is the first decimal.

The expression given: 24.583 has three decimals, we must round the first one, as the second decimal is bigger than 5,so the first decimal would be increased by 1, finally the expression 24.583 would be rounded to 24.6