| Places | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 2 | 6 | 8 | . | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Rounded Number | 2 | 6 | 8 | . | 0 | 8 |
- 8 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 (8) does not change
- The digit in the thousandths place is dropped
- 268.081 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 268.08
