Round the number to the given place value.
-In a laboratory course in veterinary biology, fleas gathered from Muttsky, a volunteered pet dog, averaged 0.163792 inch in length. Round this amount to the nearest thousandth.
A)0.164 inch
B)0.163 inch
C)0.1638 inch
D)0.165 inch

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Rounding to the nearest thousandth place means looking at the fourth digit after the decimal point. Since the fourth digit is 7, it rounds up, making the number 0.164 inch.

Round the Number to the Given Place Value