7.987 ot the tenths place

If your were rounding 7.987 to the tenths place, you would get 8.

To round to the tenths place, you are trying to make the number enda tthe tenths place.

You are rounding the 9 in the tenths place, so look at the hundredths place. Since 8 is larger than 5, round the 9 up to 10.

We can't write 7.10 because that is a different number, so add the 1 to the 7 to get 8.

The final answer would be 8.0 or just 8.