A scale rounds the weight of a person to the nearest tenth of a pound. If an adolescent gets on the scale and it reads 100.0 lbs, what is the maximum weight the child could be?

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Rounding is when we make a number "simpler" but keep the value as close to the original number as possible. To round a number:
Determine which digit or place (value) is the number you want to "round to." All numbers after this (to the right) will become zeroes after rounding.
Keep it the same number if the next number (the number to its right) is less than 5. Then, change all other numbers to the right to 0. For example, 132 rounded to the nearest ten would be 130. (132 is closer to 130 than it is to 140.)
Increase the number by 1 if the next number (the number to its right) is 5 or more. Then, change all other numbers to the right to 0. For example, 158 rounded to the nearest hundred would be 200. (158 is closer to 200 than it is to 100.)
This question tells us that a scale rounds to the nearest tenth of a pound and reads the child's weight as 100.0 lbs. The two numbers with the highest next digit are 100.04 lbs and 100.05 lbs.
Round each to the tenths place:
100.04 → 100.0
100.05 → 100.1
The highest the next digit (the hundredths place) can be and still round down to 100.0 lbs is 100.04.
100.05 is incorrect because, according to the rounding rules explained above, it would round up to 100.1, not down to 100.0. If the child weighed 100.05 lbs, the scale would not read 100.0 lbs.
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A Scale Rounds the Weight of a Person to the Nearest