What is 551.26625 rounded to the nearest hundredth?

1 Answer
Apr 16, 2018

#551.27#

Explanation:

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As you can see from this image, the hundredth's place is two digits right of the decimal point.

That means that the #6#, highlighted here in #color(red)("red")# is the hundredth's place value:

#551.2color(red)(6)625#

Rounding a number to the hundredth's place means that there can be no other number, not even #0#, after the hundredth's place value.

Now, we have to look one digit to the right of it.

If that number is #0-4#, then the hundredth's place stays the same value.

If that number is #5-9#, then the hundredth's place increases by one.

In our problem, that value is #6#. Since #6# is between #5-9#, that means we have to add one to the hundredth's place value. Therefore, the answer is:

#551.27#

Hope this helps!