Place Value and Rounding

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What is place value?

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Place value is the value of a digit based on its position in a number. For example, in the number 345, the digit 3 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 300.

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What does it mean to round a number?

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Rounding a number means adjusting it to a nearby value that is simpler or more convenient, often to a specified place value.

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Round 77.538 to the nearest hundredth.

Back

77.54

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Round 13.98 to the nearest tenths.

Back

14.0

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What is the digit in the HUNDREDTHS place in the number 16.085?

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8

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What is ten times the value of the digit 4 in the number 3.421?

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24.36

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Round the decimal 0.492 to the nearest tenth.

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0.5

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What is the value of the digit 6 in the number 456.78?

Back

60 (since it is in the tens place).

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What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 5.678?

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0.05 (since it is in the hundredths place).

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How do you identify the place value of a digit in a decimal?

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You count the positions to the right of the decimal point: tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc.