rounding to the nearest hundred?help please?

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Rounding to the nearest hundred means rounding from the third digit (the hundreds digit) from the decimal point.

Thus, 5,209 is 5,200 rounded to the hundreds











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First think: What's the hundreds place?
If you don't know your number places, here's a little explanation:
example: 123.45
1=hundreds
2= tens
3= ones
4=tenths
5=hundreths

OK, now you know what the hundreds place is: 2!
THEN, look to the number RIGHT of the 2, which is 0.
If the number to the right is 5 or more, then you round UP. If the number is 4 or less, you round DOWN.

In this case, you're rounding down, so you keep the 2 the same, and turn every number after 2 into zeros. So, your answer is 5,200

Now, what if your number was 5,279 instead?
Look at the hundreds place again: It's 2. The number next to 2 is 7. But 7 is bigger than 5! What do you do now? You round UP. So, you add a one to the 2! Again, keep all numbers after hundreds places zeros.
Your answer is 5,300.

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5200 you look at the tens, if 5 and up round to 5300 if 4 and down to 5200!...Show more

5209 is closer to 5200 than 5300. The answer is 5200....Show more

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