Places | Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 7 | 9 | . | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Rounded Number | 7 | 9 | . | 5 | 5 |
- 5 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 (5) does not change
- The digit in the thousandths place is dropped
- 79.552 rounded to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places) = 79.55