Places | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 0 | . | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Rounded Number | 0 | . | 5 | 6 |
- 6 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 (6) does not change
- The digit in the thousandths place is dropped
- 0.562 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 0.56