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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is 144.44 rounded to the nearest 10th

OpenStudy (whpalmer4):

what is the value in the 10ths place?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4

OpenStudy (whpalmer4):

and is the value in the place to the right 5 or greater?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No it's less than 5

OpenStudy (whpalmer4):

so then we just stop at the 10ths place and drop the rest, giving you ________

OpenStudy (anonymous):

144.40??

OpenStudy (whpalmer4):

144.4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh okay thanks

OpenStudy (whpalmer4):

writing 144.40 implies that we know the value to within 1/100th, and we've just rounded, so that would be inappropriate

OpenStudy (anonymous):

K

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