How do you round the number 50.243 to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

50.243

To round to the nearest tenth.

#1 . Inspect the next number to the right (hundredths in this case).

#2; If less than '5' , then leave the tenths unchanged ( as in this case)

#3; If '5' or greater add '1' to the tenths,

So 50.243 to nearest tenth is 50.2 Then drop the suffix numbers.

NB If the number read as 50.253, then add '1' to the tenths , hence 50.3 (The drop the suffix numbers).

Answer 2

You would round it down to 50.2