Round 2.96 to the nearest tenth

Step by step

The question

Question: round 2.96 to the nearest tenth.

1 Find the place

The nearest tenth means the tenths place.

In 2.96, the tenths digit is 9.

2 Look at the next digit

Now we look at the next digit to the right.

It is 6.

5 or more: we round up, the tenths digit goes up by 1.

4 or less: we round down, the tenths digit stays the same.

6 is 5 or more, so we round up.

3 See it on a number line

2.96 is closer to 3.0.

So 2.96 rounded to the nearest tenth is 3.0.

The sign ≈ means about.

Careful: we keep the last 0 in 3.0.

It shows we rounded to the tenths.

Let's look back.

First: find the place.

Then: look at the next digit.

Last: see it on a number line.