15.55 Rounded to the Nearest Tenth
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What is 15.55 rounded to the nearest tenth?
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15.55 rounded to the nearest tenth is
15.6
Nearest tenth — 1 decimal place. The hundredths digit decides: 5–9 round up, 0–4 keep.
Exactly halfway between 15.5 and 15.6 — equally close to both. The halfway rule rounds away from zero, as in school and Excel ROUND: 15.6. Round half to even (banker's rounding) gives 15.6.
15.55
5 tenths place 5 The hundredths digit decides
15.55
15.5 15.6halfway → away from zero
midpoint 15.55
5 with only zeros after it → halfway, away from zero: 15.6
| Place | Rounded |
|---|---|
| to the nearest thousandth | 15.550 |
| to the nearest hundredth | 15.55 |
| to the nearest tenth | 15.6 |
| to the nearest whole number | 16 |
| to the nearest ten | 20 |
| to the nearest hundred | 0 |
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