Question

Since rounding to a smaller digit helped you sell the same amount of grapes for more money, you want to continue and see how much you could charge if you rounded to the nearest hundredth.

Your workers are having trouble rounding 5.476 to the nearest hundredth. Explain the next step to determine which number is the answer.

Select an answer

Look at the digit to the right of the hundredths place. If it is 5 or greater, round the digit in the hundredths place up by 1.
Look at the digit to the right of the hundredths place. If it is 6 or greater, round the digit in the hundredths place up by 1.
Look at the digit to the left of the hundredths place. If it is 5 or greater, round the digit in the hundredths place up by 1.
Look at the digit to the left of the hundredths place. If it is 6 or greater, round the digit in the hundredths place up by 1.

Answer 1

Look at the digit to the right of the hundredths place. If it is 5 or greater, round the digit in the hundredths place up by 1.

Reason: In 5.476 the hundredths digit is 7 and the digit to its right (thousandths) is 6, which is ≥5, so 7 rounds up to 8 → 5.48.