Round 9.95 to the nearest tenth

Step by step

The question

Question: round 9.95 to the nearest tenth.

1 Find the place

The nearest tenth means the tenths place.

In 9.95, the tenths digit is 9.

2 Look at the next digit

Now we look at the next digit to the right.

It is 5.

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.

5 is 5 or more, so we round up.

3 See it on a number line

9.95 is exactly halfway.

Halfway rounds up, to 10.0.

So 9.95 rounded to the nearest tenth is 10.0.

The sign ≈ means about.

Careful: we keep the last 0 in 10.0.

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.