Question

What is .089 rounded to the nearest tenth​

Answer 1

.089

^-- Tenth value place right here

Look at the left:

.089

^-- Is it bigger than five? If so, round up.

It is in our case so we do round up.

Final Answer: 1.0

Answer 2

0.1

Explanation:

(refer to attached reference sheet)

Because the value of the digit in the hundreths place is 8 (i.e greater than 5), then we have to round the number to the left of it (i.e the tenths place) upwards from 0 to 1, thereby giving 0.1