Round to the nearest hundredths 23.456
The 5 is in the hundredths place.
If the number after it is less than 5, we round down to 23.45
If the number after it is 5 or more, round up to 23.46
To round the number 23.456 to the nearest hundredth, we look at the digit in the thousandth place, which is 6.
- If the digit in the thousandth place is less than 5, we simply drop all the digits after the hundredth place. In this case, 23.456 rounds down to 23.45, since 6 is not less than 5.
- If the digit in the thousandth place is 5 or greater, we increase the digit in the hundredth place by 1. Therefore, 23.456 would round up to 23.46, since 6 is greater than 5.
In this case, 23.456 rounds down to 23.45.