How do you round 344.7234 to 1 decimal place?

1 Answer
Dec 13, 2016

344.7

Explanation:

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color(red)("Cut off point")Cut off point

The digit to the right of the cut of point is less than 5. So the digit to its left (the 7) is not changed and all those to the right are changed to 0 giving:

344.7000344.7000

Written as 344.7