| Places | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 2 | 8 | 2 | . | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Rounded Number | 2 | 8 | 2 | . | 7 | 4 |
- 4 is in the hundredths place and 1 is in the thousandths place
- Since the digit in the thousandths place (1) is less than 5, the digit in the hundredths place (4) does not change
- The digit in the thousandths place is dropped
- 282.741 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 282.74
