Meaning & use
hundredths
The place value of the second digit after a decimal point, representing units of one hundredth.
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In the decimal 0.47, the digit 7 is in the hundredths place.
She rounded the measurement to the nearest hundredth of a meter.
A note on using this word
Hundredths follows tenths and precedes thousandths when reading digits to the right of a decimal point.
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