Round off 76.24491 to the nearest hundredth.

The boldfaced and underlined number is in the hundredths place.

76.24491

Since the next number is less than 5, what do you think this number is, rounded to the nearest hundredth?

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To round off a number to the nearest hundredth, you need to look at the digit in the thousandth place, which is the next digit to the right of the hundredth place. In this case, the digit in the thousandth place is 4.

To determine how to round off the number, you should follow these rules:
1. If the digit in the thousandth place is less than 5, you simply drop all the digits to the right of the hundredth place and keep the hundredth place digit as it is.
2. If the digit in the thousandth place is 5 or greater, you increase the hundredth place digit by 1 and drop all the digits to the right of the hundredth place.

In your example, the digit in the thousandth place is 4, which is less than 5. Therefore, to round off 76.24491 to the nearest hundredth, you simply drop the digits after the hundredth place.

The rounded value of 76.24491 to the nearest hundredth is 76.24.