What is 17.318 rounded to the nearest hundredth?

17.318 rounded to the nearest hundredth is 17.32. This means that 17.318 is closer to 17.32 than it is to 17.31. Rounding to the nearest hundredth involves looking at the digit in the hundredths place (the second digit after the decimal point) and rounding up if the digit in the thousandths place (the third digit after the decimal point) is 5 or greater. In the case of 17.318, the digit in the hundredths place is 1 and the digit in the thousandths place is 8, which is greater than 5. Therefore, 17.318 rounded to the nearest hundredth is 17.32.