What is 4.305 rounded to the hundredths place?

To round the number 4.305 to the hundredths place, we first identify the digits in the number. The hundredths place is the second digit to the right of the decimal point, which in this case is '0'. The digit immediately following the hundredths place (the third digit to the right of the decimal point, which is '5') determines how we round the hundredths place digit.

According to the rules of rounding, if the digit to the right of the place we're rounding to (in this case, the '5') is 5 or greater, we increase the last retained digit (the hundredths place) by 1. Here, since the digit is '5', we add 1 to the '0' in the hundredths place.

Thus, rounding 4.305 results in:

• The hundredths digit '0' becomes '1' after rounding up because of the '5'.

Therefore, the rounded number is 4.31. This is why the correct answer is the one that states 4.31.