SOLUTION: hello, how do i round 0.799 to the nearest hundredth?

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Question 627139: hello, how do i round 0.799 to the nearest hundredth?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Locate the hundredths place.

This is the second digit after the decimal point.

The digit right after the second digit is a 9, which is greater than 5, so we round 0.79 up to get 0.80

So the answer is 0.80
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