1Cademy - Rounding 15.2175 to the Nearest Hundredth

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Rounding 15.2175 to the Nearest Hundredth

To round $15.2175$ to the nearest hundredth, apply the four-step decimal rounding procedure:

Locate the hundredths digit: In $15.2175$ , the digit in the hundredths place is $1$ .
Look at the next digit: The digit immediately to the right of $1$ is $7$ .
Compare with $5$ : Because $7 \geq 5$ , add $1$ to the hundredths digit, changing $1$ to $2$ .
Remove trailing digits: Delete the $7$ and $5$ (all digits to the right of the hundredths place).