Question

Round the number to the hundredths place. 12,863.14846

Answer 1

12,863.14846
^ the 4 is in the hundredths place, right?

Answer 2

wouldnt the 8 be

Answer 3

No. Just follow what I am writing. You agree that the 4 I pointed out is the hundredths place?

Answer 4

alright

Answer 5

After the decimal place, the first digit is the tenths; the second digit is the hundredths, etc.

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

The 4 is the hundredths digit. You need to drop all digits after that.
12,863.14
Now you need to decide whether to leave the 4 as is or to increase it by 1.
If the first digit you dropped is 5 thorugh 9, the 4 goes up by 1. If not, it doesn't.

Answer 8

ok

Answer 9

In this case, the first digit afte the 4 is an 8, which is from 5 to 9, so the 4 goes up by 1 to 5.
The answer is:
12,863.15

Answer 10

thank you

Answer 11

yw

Answer 12

12,863.15