Truncating 1/7 to three decimal places will give the value 0.143
Given the fraction : [tex] \frac{1}{7} [/tex]
The decimal equivalence of [tex] \frac{1}{7} = 0.1428571 [/tex]
To round the decimal to three decimal places ;
- Count three digits after the decimal = 0.142
- If the next digit after the third digit is greater than or equal to 5 ; round to 1 and add to the third digit else round to 0
- Since the next digit after 2, is 8 which is greater than 5 ; we round 8 to 1 and add to 2 ; (2 + 1) = 3
Therefore, the 1/7 rounded to 3 decimal places is equal to 0.143
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