In the U.S., we represent money values with dollars and cents. There are 100 cents in a dollar. Amounts of money are represented with at most two decimal places (Ex: $4.25). Gas prices are often shown to have more than two decimal places. A gallon of gas costs $3.3842 at Buc-ee's in Daytona Beach, Florida. Use this gas price to round the gas price to the nearest cent (hint: the nearest cent is the hundredths place). (1 point)
To round the gas price to the nearest cent (hundredths place), we look at the thousandths place.
The thousandths place digit is 4 in $3.3842.
Since the digit in the thousandths place is less than 5, we round down.
Therefore, the gas price rounded to the nearest cent is $3.38.
To round the gas price to the nearest cent, we need to look at the digit in the hundredths place. In this case, the hundredths digit is 4.
Since the hundredths digit is less than 5, we round down. To round down, we simply remove any digits after the hundredths place. In this case, the rounded gas price would be $3.38 (three dollars and thirty-eight cents).
To round the gas price to the nearest cent, you need to look at the digit in the hundredth place and determine whether to round it up or down.
In this case, the gas price is $3.3842. The digit in the hundredth place is 4.
To round to the nearest cent:
- If the digit in the hundredth place is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, you round down.
- If the digit in the hundredth place is 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, you round up.
Since the digit in the hundredth place is 4, which is less than 5, we round down.
Therefore, rounding the gas price $3.3842 to the nearest cent is $3.38.