Question

What is 310.286 rounded to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

the tenths place is the first number to the right of the decimal. in the number 310.286, the two is in the tenths place. the 7 (in the hundreths place) causes the number to be rounded up to 310.3 when rounded to the tenths

Answer 2

310.286 rounded to the nearest tenth

We write the place chart for the given number

Hundred tens Ones point tenths hundredths thousandths

3 1 0 . 2 8 6

To round the number to nearest tenths, we look at the number in hundredths place. 8 is greater than 5 so we add 1 with the number in tenths place

Hence , the number 2 in tenths place becomes 3

310.286 rounded to the nearest tenth is 310.3