What is 72.353 rounded to the nearest tenth?
72.353 rounded to the nearest tenth is 72.4.
To round 72.353 to the nearest tenth, you will need to look at the digit in the tenths place, which is the second digit after the decimal point. In this case, the digit in the tenths place is 3.
Since the digit in the tenths place is less than 5, you round down. Therefore, 72.353 rounded to the nearest tenth is 72.3.
To round a number to the nearest tenth, you need to look at the digit in the hundredth place. In this case, the digit in the hundredth place is 3. If the digit in the hundredth place is less than 5, you just remove all the digits after the tenths place. If the digit in the hundredth place is 5 or greater, you increase the digit in the tenths place by 1.
Since the digit in the hundredth place is 3 (less than 5), we leave the tenths place as it is. Thus, when we round 72.353 to the nearest tenth, the answer is 72.4.