QuestionSadie ran 4.254 miles on Thursday. Round to the nearest hundredth: what is this value? A. 5.16 B. 5.75 C. 4.26 D. 4.25
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
Assumptions1. Sadie ran7.31 miles on Sunday. Sadie ran5.164 miles on Monday3. Sadie ran5.751 miles on Tuesday4. Sadie ran5.678 miles on Wednesday5. Sadie ran4.254 miles on Thursday6. Sadie ran6.82 miles on Friday7. Sadie ran8 miles on Saturday8. We are interested in the number of miles Sadie ran on Thursday, rounded to the nearest hundredth
STEP 2
The problem asks for the number of miles Sadie ran on Thursday. We know from the assumptions that she ran4.254 miles on Thursday.
STEP 3
We need to round this number to the nearest hundredth. The hundredth place is two places to the right of the decimal point.
STEP 4
Look at the digit in the thousandth place, which is4. If this digit is or more, we round up. If it is less than, we keep the hundredth digit as it is.
STEP 5
Since the digit in the thousandth place is4, which is less than5, we keep the hundredth digit as it is.
STEP 6
Therefore, the number of miles Sadie ran on Thursday, rounded to the nearest hundredth, is4.25 miles.
The correct answer is D.4.25
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