Places | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 5 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Rounded Number | 5 | . | 3 | 3 |
- 3 is in the hundredths place and 3 is in the thousandths place
- Since the digit in the thousandths place (3) is less than 5, the digit in the hundredths place (3) does not change
- The digits to the right of the hundredths place are dropped
- 5.3333 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 5.33