Round the decimal number to the nearest hundredth.

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**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.
To round a decimal to the nearest hundredth, look at the digit in the thousandth's place. If it's 5 or higher, increase the hundredth's place by 1. If it's less than 5, keep the hundredth's place the same. Then, remove any digits after the hundredth's place.

Round the decimal number to the nearest hundredth.

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