Question

What is 1342.5414 rounded to the nearest thousandth?

Answer 1

Note the placement of each digit:

1342.5414 =

1: thousands place

3: hundreds place

4: tens place

2: ones place

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5: tenths place

4: hundredths place

1: thousandths place

4: ten thousandths place

You are rounding to the nearest thousandths. Look at the number in the ten thousandths place (4). Note that:

- If the number is 5 or greater, round up

- If the number is 4 or less, round down

In this case, the number is a 4, so you round down.

1342.5414 rounded to the nearest thousandths is 1342.541

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