what is 13.4259 rounded to the nearest hundreth?

13.43

To round a number to the nearest hundredth, you need to look at the digit that is two places to the right of the decimal point. In this case, the digit is 5.

If the digit is 5 or greater, you round up the digit in the hundredth's place. If the digit is less than 5, you simply leave the digit in the hundredth's place unchanged.

In this example, the digit is 5. So you round up. To do this, you add 1 to the digit in the hundredth's place, which is 2.

Therefore, rounding 13.4259 to the nearest hundredth results in 13.43.