1Cademy - Rounding 15.2175 to the Nearest Thousandth

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Rounding 15.2175 to the Nearest Thousandth

To round $15.2175$ to the nearest thousandth, apply the four-step decimal rounding procedure:

Locate the thousandths digit: In $15.2175$ , the digit in the thousandths place is $7$ .
Look at the next digit: The digit immediately to the right of $7$ is $5$ .
Compare with $5$ : Because $5 \geq 5$ , add $1$ to the thousandths digit, changing $7$ to $8$ .
Remove trailing digits: Delete the $5$ (all digits to the right of the thousandths place).