| Places | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||
| Number | 1 | 5 | 7 | . | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Rounded Number | 1 | 5 | 7 | . | 9 | 1 |
- 0 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 (0)
- 1 + 0 = 1, so the digit in the hundredths place becomes 1
- The digits to the right of the hundredths place are dropped
- 157.908 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 157.91
