Round 0.97 to the nearest tenth

The tens column is the one directly to the right of the decimal, so you need to get rid of the seven. Since the 7 is closer to ten than it is to zero (it's bigger than 5), you will round up. When you round up, you add 1 to the number on the left, the 9. So it will become 10, or 1.0

0.97 the tenth digit is the first digit after the decimal point.

That is the 9.

The digit after the 9 is 7, and this is more than 5, so we add an extra 1 to the 9, and it becomes 10.

The 1 spills over to the right sides of the decimal point.

0.97 ≈ 1.0 to the nearest tenth.