Question

A nurse is preparing a medication and calculates the dosage as 6.25 mL. Rounding this amount to the nearest tenth, the nurse should administer

how many mL?

Answer 1

6.3 mL

Step-by-step explanation:

Rounding means to make a number simpler by replacing it with an approximate value that is shorter.

In this case, we are asked to round 6.25 to the nearest tenth. The tenths place is the first digit after the decimal place. To round to the tenth, we look at the next digit to the right of the tenth place in the hundreths place.

If the digit is less than 5, we round down to the nearest tenth. If that digit is 5 or more than 5, we would round up to the nearest tenth.

In this scenario, the value next to the tenths place is equal to 5 so we would round up to 3 tenths giving us the answer 6.3 mL.

For a better understanding, if our number to the right of 2 was less than 5, that means we would round down to 6.2 mL.