Question

what is the nearest hundreths place in this value
23.987

Answer 1

do you know which number is in the hundredths place?

Answer 2

Yes sir

Answer 3

round 8 to 9

Answer 4

okay so we have the 8 in the hundredths place and to the right we have a 7. are we going to round the 8 to a 9 or leave it as an 8?

Correct, so what will be the rounded number?

Answer 5

9

Answer 6

good, so the answer will be?

Answer 7

23.990

Answer 8

perfect, good work. you don't need to write the 0. unless it says to have 3 decimal places.

Answer 9

thanks