Round the decimal number to the nearest hundredth.

**Step 1:** Identify the hundredth's place of the number. For a decimal number written as, for example, \[ a.bcd\ldots \] the digit \(c\) is in the hundredth's place. **Step 2:** Look at the digit immediately following the hundredth's place—the thousandth's place (the digit \(d\) in the example). **Step 3:** Apply the rounding rule: - If the digit in the thousandth's place is \(5\) or more (i.e., \(5, 6, 7, 8, \) or \(9\)), increase the digit in the hundredth's place by \(1\). - If the digit is less than \(5\), keep the digit in the hundredth's place unchanged. **Step 4:** Remove all digits beyond the hundredth's place after rounding. **Example:** Let the number be \[ 3.146 \] - The hundredth's place is the digit \(4\). - The thousandth's place is the digit \(6\) (which is \(\geq 5\)). Thus, we increase \(4\) to \(5\) and drop the remaining digits, so \[ 3.146 \approx 3.15 \quad \text{(to the nearest hundredth)}. \] This is the process to round any decimal number to the nearest hundredth.