Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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1. Powers and Exponents
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Exercise 8 Page 7

Round the given decimal number to the nearest hundredth.

12.9

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We want to round the given decimal number to the nearest hundredth. 12.89503

Since the digit in the thousandths place is greater than or equal to 5, we will increase the digit in the hundredths place by one. Since this digit is 9, it means that the previous digit should be increased by one and 9 changed to 0. 12. 8 9 503 ≈ 12. 9 0 Finally, let's simplify our answer. 12.90 = 12.9