hello.... I have couple of questions 1. You round to one place lower so in thousenths place u round up to place next like .5634 so we round to .563 4 is not considered ? 2. In number lines how do u round like how u write the digits is it like .1 to .9 ? 3. I'm having problems with rounding up in thousenths place mostly thank you

Hello! Hopefully the following answer addresses your 1st and 3rd questions. Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure what you mean by "In number lines how do you round like how you write the digits". Number lines can start and end at any number and have markers at any set distance (1, 0.5, 0.1, etc.). If you can rephrase the question, maybe I can help! The digits to the right of the decimal point are the *_tenths_* place, _hundredths_ place, _thousandths_ place, and _ten-thousandths_ place (remember there's no "onethes" place!). In 0.5634, the *3* is in the *thousandths* place. When you round to the nearest thousandth, you meant that you want to end up with 0.56#, where you have to figure out what should go in the # place. You figure that out by considering the 4 in the ten-thousandths place. If you had 34 and wanted to round to the nearest tens place, you'd say "4 is less than 5, so I'll round down" and end up with 30. The same applies here: 4 is less than 5, so you round down, and end up with 0.563. Considering the 4 is how you get 0.563 instead of 0.564!

why you do easy questions. please do hard one i can't understand the nearest hundred and nrearest thousands.

well over time I think they get harder and harder I really don't know

why are there so many videos now?!?!

so we can learn. what did you think

what is 63.99 rounded to the nearest 10

Rounded to the nearest 10, 63.99 would become 60. Remember this rule - less than five you round down - five or greater you round up, so 63 rounds down. If it was 65, you would round UP to 70.

why isn't there a twentyeths place??

That's because decimals are base ten.

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Course: 5th grade > Unit 1

Lesson 7: Rounding decimals

Worked example: Rounding decimals to nearest tenth

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Uploaded: 2011-02-20T16:39:42Z
Description: Rounding decimals to the nearest tenth can be fun. We can identify the tenths place in the given decimal, 9.564. Then we can look at the digit to the right of the tenths place to determine whether to round up or down. In this case, the answer is to round up to 9.6.

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Rounding decimals to the nearest tenth can be fun. We can identify the tenths place in the given decimal, 9.564. Then we can look at the digit to the right of the tenths place to determine whether to round up or down. In this case, the answer is to round up to 9.6. Created by Sal Khan and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education.

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hello.... I have couple of questions 1. You round to one place lower so in thousenths place u round up to place next like .5634 so we round to .563 4 is not considered ? 2. In number lines how do u round like how u write the digits is it like .1 to .9 ? 3. I'm having problems with rounding up in thousenths place mostly

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  Hello! Hopefully the following answer addresses your 1st and 3rd questions. Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure what you mean by "In number lines how do you round like how you write the digits". Number lines can start and end at any number and have markers at any set distance (1, 0.5, 0.1, etc.). If you can rephrase the question, maybe I can help!
  
  The digits to the right of the decimal point are the *tenths* place, hundredths place, thousandths place, and ten-thousandths place (remember there's no "onethes" place!). In 0.5634, the 3 is in the thousandths place. When you round to the nearest thousandth, you meant that you want to end up with 0.56#, where you have to figure out what should go in the # place. You figure that out by considering the 4 in the ten-thousandths place.
  If you had 34 and wanted to round to the nearest tens place, you'd say "4 is less than 5, so I'll round down" and end up with 30. The same applies here: 4 is less than 5, so you round down, and end up with 0.563. Considering the 4 is how you get 0.563 instead of 0.564!
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HI guys! What does the video mean by rounding decimals? why do we have to do that?
PLEASE REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

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PS: I am 11! And am pretty smart but this does not make sense!
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If I have 5.1897 and I'm rounding to the nearest thousandth what do I do? What does the 9 turn into and how is that effecting the rest of the numbers
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  For your example, in this case 9 is in the thousandths place. To the right of 9 is 7, which is 5 or greater. Here, 9 becomes 0 and you add 1 to the 8 which becomes 9. Therefore, 5.1897 is rounded to 5.190.
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  Rounded to the nearest 10, 63.99 would become 60.
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Video transcript

Round 9.564, or nine and five hundred sixty-four thousandths, to the nearest tenth. So let me write it a little bit larger, 9.564. And we need to round to the nearest tenth. So what's the tenth place? The tenths place is right here. This right here represents 5 tenths. This is the ones place, this is the tenths place, this is the hundredths place, and this is the thousandths place right here. So we need to round to the nearest tenth. So if we round up, this will be 9.6. If we round down, this will be 9.5. And just like regular rounding, when we're not dealing with decimals, you move to one spot, or you look at one place to the right or one place lower, I guess, and you say is that 5 or larger? If it is, you round up, if it isn't, you round down. 6 is definitely 5 or larger, so we want to round up. So this 9.564 becomes 9.6, or we can call this nine and six tenths. And then we're done!