Round 6.738 to the nearest

a) hundredth b) tenth c) whole number

We are given a number $6.738$and we need to round it to it's nearest hundredth

We see that the hundredth place in $6.738$is $3$so we need to round up that place. If the number next to the hundredth place is larger than or equal 5 then we will add 1 to the hundredth place number otherwise we will keep it as it is. So we get :

$6.738=6.74$

We are given a number $6.738$and we need to round it up to the nearest tenth

We see that in $6.738$the tenth place is occupied by $7$so we need to round up that place. If the number next to the tenth place is larger than or equal 5 then we will add 1 to the tenth place number otherwise we will keep it as it is. So we get :

$6.738=6.7$

We are given a number $6.738$we need to round it up to a whole number

To round up the decimal to a whole number we see the number after the decimal if the number is greater than or equal to 5 then we add 1 otherwise we keep it as it is . So we get :

$6.738=7$