High School Placement Test (HSPT) Practice Test

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When rounding the number 625.73548 to the nearest hundredth, what is the result?

625.74
625.73
625.735
625.70

The correct answer is: 625.74

To round the number 625.73548 to the nearest hundredth, it is important to identify the digit in the hundredths place and the digit immediately to the right (the thousandths place). In the number 625.73548, the digit in the hundredths place is 3, and the digit in the thousandths place is 5. The rounding rule states that if the digit in the place immediately to the right (in this case, the thousandths place) is 5 or greater, you increase the digit in the hundredths place by 1. Since the thousandths digit is 5, you round the 3 in the hundredths place up to 4. Therefore, when you round 625.73548 to the nearest hundredth, it becomes 625.74. This method ensures that the number is accurately rounded to the specified decimal place based on the standard rules of rounding.