How do you round 4.9675 to the nearest thousandth?
1 Answer
Apr 3, 2016
Explanation:
Here is your number sorted into units, tenths, hundredths, thousandths and tens of thousandths.
U . T H Th TTh
0 . 0 0 0 0
4 . 9 6 7 5
So, to round it to the nearest thousandth, we need to concentrate on the number that comes after this place - tens of thousandths. This number will determine whether we round it up or down.
If it is below five, we round down to
If it is above or equal to five, then we round up to
A handy saying for this is "Five and above go up like a dove."
So, as our number is
Hope this helps; let me know if I can do anything else:)