| Places | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||
| Number | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| Rounded Number | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 6 | 2 |
- 1 is in the hundredths place and 9 is in the thousandths place
- Since the digit in the thousandths place (9) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the hundredths place (1)
- 1 + 1 = 2, so the digit in the hundredths place becomes 2
- The digit in the thousandths place is dropped
- 142.619 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 142.62
