Places | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | Millionths | Ten Millionths | Hundred Millionths | |
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1 | ||||||||||
Number | 2 | . | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
Rounded Number | 2 | . | 9 | 6 |
- 5 is in the hundredths place and 8 is in the thousandths place
- Since the digit in the thousandths place (8) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the hundredths place (5)
- 1 + 5 = 6, so the digit in the hundredths place becomes 6
- The digits to the right of the hundredths place are dropped
- 2.95891892 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 2.96