| Places | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | Millionths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||||
| Number | 3 | 0 | . | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Rounded Number | 3 | 0 | . | 9 | 6 |
- 5 is in the hundredths place and 9 is in the thousandths place
- Since the digit in the thousandths place (9) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the hundredths place (5)
- 1 + 5 = 6, so the digit in the hundredths place becomes 6
- The digits to the right of the hundredths place are dropped
- 30.959144 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 30.96
