Ian mailed a package that weighed 5.63 pounds. what is the first step in rounding this numbers to the nearest tent ? what is the next step ? what is 5.63 rounded to the nearest tenth ?

Ian mailed a package that weighed 5.63 pounds.

Round the number to nearest tenth

First step :

Ones    .      Tenth        hundredth

 5        .          6                  3

To round to nearest tenth we look at the number in hundredth place

3 is  smaller than 5 so we replace 3 with 0.

Step 2: 3 in hundredths place is smaller than 0 . so no need to add 1 in tenths place. 6 remains the same in tenths place

5.63 rounded to the nearest tenth  is 5.6