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Well, honey, it's all about fractions and making math easier for us mere mortals. The "tenth place" is where you stick the first decimal because it represents dividing something into ten equal parts. Starting with the "oneth place" would just confuse the heck out of everyone, so they kept it simple for our sake. You're welcome.
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BlakeWell, isn't that a happy little question! Decimals start with the tenth place because they represent parts of a whole, like a pie or a painting. Just like how a whole number represents a complete object, decimals show us smaller parts of that whole. So, starting with the tenth place helps us understand and appreciate those smaller pieces a little better.
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How do you round 15700 by the nearest tenth?
It needs to have decimals in order to round it to the nearest tenth ex:81.48 would be rounded to 81.5 because 4 is in the tenths place
What does one tenth equal in decimals?
1/10 = 0.1
What two decimals when rounded to the nearest tenth are 0.2?
0.15 0.16
What are the place values in decimals?
.1 tenth .01 hundredth .001 thousandth .0001 ten-thousandth .00001 hundred- thousandth .000001 millionth so on and so forth
What is 0.625 rounded to the nearest tenth?
0.6
