Question

Round the following as specified.

153.38519 to the nearest thousandth.

Answer 1

153.385

Explanation:

153.38519

153.38519

The digit to the right of the thousandth (the the one, which is bolded) is less than or equal to 4, which means we round down.

153.38519 ≈ 153.385

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Answer 2

153.3852

Explanation:

After the decimal, you count the places. 3 is in the ones place, 8 in the tenths, 5 in the hundreths, and 1 in the thousandths. The thousandths place is what we are rounding, so we look at the next number, 9, which tells us to round the 1 up to 2