Understanding how to round to the nearest hundredth is an important math skill used in school, business, science, and daily life. The hundredth place is the second digit to the right of the decimal point. To round correctly, you look at the digit in the thousandths place. If that number is 5 or greater, increase the hundredths digit by one. If it is 4 or less, keep the hundredths digit the same. Then remove all digits after the hundredths place.

For example, if you round 3.456 to the nearest hundredth, the answer becomes 3.46 because the thousandths digit is 6. If you round 7.892, it becomes 7.89 because the thousandths digit is 2. This process helps simplify numbers while keeping values close to the original amount.