Shauna has 480 stickers. How do you round the number of stickers to the nearest hundred?
1 Answer
Jul 23, 2016
500
Explanation:
When you are asked to round your answer "to the nearest .....",
your rounded answer must be a multiple of that number.
To the nearest hundred means you will answer as 100, 200, 300, 400 etc.
Decide between which two values the number lies.
480 is between 400 and 500.
If it is less than 450, you would round your answer down to 400.
If it it equal to or more than 450, you would round your answer up to 500.
It is nearer to 500 (only 20 away.)
It is further from 400 (80 away.)
