| Places | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | Millionths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Rounded Number | 0 | . | 0 | 0 |
- 0 is in the hundredths place and 2 is in the thousandths place
- Since the digit in the thousandths place (2) is less than 5, the digit in the hundredths place (0) does not change
- The digits to the right of the hundredths place are dropped
- 0.002079 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 0.00
