How do you round 0.76133 to 1 decimal place?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-09T20:13:42

$0.8$

$0color(red)(.7)color(blue)(6)133$

To round to 1 decimal place (which represents tenths), means we want the answer as either $color(red)(0.7)" or " color(red)(0.8)$

You need to look at the digit in the 2nd decimal place (hundredths).
If that digit is 5 or more, you round UP to the next tenth (8).

If that digit is less than 5 you round DOWN to the given tenth (7)

We see that the second digit is $color(blue)(6)$

We round up to 1 decimal place to get $color(red)0.8$

This is comparable to $76$ being closer to $80$ than $70$