Question

Round 6.738 to the nearest

a) hundredth b) tenth c) whole number

Short answer

a) 6.74 b) 6.7 c) 7

Step-by-step solution

Part 1 Step 1 . Given Information

We are given a number $6.738$and we need to round it to it's nearest hundredth

Part 1 Step 2 . Rounding up

We see that the hundredth place in $6.738$is $3$so we need to round up that place. If the number next to the hundredth place is larger than or equal 5 then we will add 1 to the hundredth place number otherwise we will keep it as it is. So we get :

$6.738=6.74$

Part 2 Step 1 . Given Information

We are given a number $6.738$and we need to round it up to the nearest tenth

Part 2 Step 2

We see that in $6.738$the tenth place is occupied by $7$so we need to round up that place. If the number next to the tenth place is larger than or equal 5 then we will add 1 to the tenth place number otherwise we will keep it as it is. So we get :

$6.738=6.7$

Part 3 Step 1 . Given Information

We are given a number $6.738$we need to round it up to a whole number

Part 3 Step 2 . Rounding up

To round up the decimal to a whole number we see the number after the decimal if the number is greater than or equal to 5 then we add 1 otherwise we keep it as it is . So we get :

$6.738=7$