Place Values

Each place value has a name. Everything after the decimal ends in "ths".

Rounding Rules

• Decide which is the last digit to keep

• Leave it the same if the next digit is less than 5 (this is called rounding down)

• Increase it by 1 if the next digit is 5 or more (this is called rounding up)

13.994927864

14.0
0 is the number in the tenths place. We need one there to represent the tenths.

Round to the tenths

195.7979928

195.80

0 is the number in the hundredths place

​Round to the hundredths

When to place a zero at the end

​Rounding to the nearest degree

When rounding to the nearest degree we round to the ones place.
Ex: Round 13.56 to the nearest degree

Answer: 14 degrees