Question

a nurse is preparing a medication and calculates the dosage as 1.42 ml. rounding this amount to the nearest tenth, the nurse should administer how many ml?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the digit in tenths and hundredths place

The number is 1.42. The digit in the tenths place is 4 and in the hundredths place is 2.

Step2: Apply rounding rule

If the digit in the hundredths place is less than 5, we keep the digit in the tenths place as it is. Since 2 < 5, we keep 4 as the digit in the tenths place.

Answer:

1.4