1Cademy - Rounding 6.582 to the Nearest Hundredth

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Rounding 6.582 to the Nearest Hundredth

To round $6.582$ to the nearest hundredth, apply the four-step decimal rounding procedure:

Locate the hundredths digit: In $6.582$ , the digit in the hundredths place is $8$ .
Look at the next digit: The digit immediately to the right of $8$ is $2$ .
Compare with $5$ : Because $2 < 5$ , leave the hundredths digit unchanged at $8$ .
Remove trailing digits: Delete the $2$ (all digits to the right of the hundredths place).