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Round the decimal two hundred twenty-one and five hundred seventy four thousandths to the nearest tenth

User Exel
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Answer:

221.6

Explanation:

221.574

Since 7 is greater than 5 1 will be added to the tenths place when rounding.

So, 221.6

User Lulas
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Answer:

221.6

Explanation:

The statement above can be expressed as

221 [574/1000]

221.574 [ 5 represent tenth; 7 represent hundredth; 4 represent thousandth]

Hence to the nearest tenth would be;

221.6 [ since 7 is more than 5 we round up to 1 to add up to the preceding number]

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