Tina bought 15.25 gallons of gasoline at a price of $2.31 per gallon. what is the total cost of the gasoline rounded to the nearest hundredth?

To find the total cost, we must multiply the amount that was bought by the price of each individual item. So we need to multiply the price of one gallon by how many gallons Tina bought:

However, the question says to round to the nearest hundredth, so we must round up. Therefore the total amount Tina paid for the gasoline was $35.23.