Question

What would you round 39.995 to the nearest cent?

Answer 1

40.00 because the 5 rounds the 9s to 0s

Answer 2

To round the number to nearest cents, we need our answer to be in the hundredths place. From the given, the number in the hundredths place is 9 and after it is 5. We need to round up the number such that the near number becomes 40.00.