Question

A park measures 5932 meters in length. How long is the park to the nearest hundreds meters?

• A. 5800
• B. 5900
• C. 6000
• D. 5930

Answer 1

The correct option is B 5900

The given number is 5932.

Step 1: Identify the place value of the rounding digit
Here, we are rounding to hundreds digit i.e. 9 in 5932

Step 2: Look at the digit to the right of the rounding digit. Here, we want to round to the nearest hundreds we would look at the tens place i.e. 3 in 5932.

Step 3: Here, digit that is right to the rounding digit is 3, which is less than 5. So leave the rounding digit to as it is i.e. 9 in 5932 and digits after 9 become zeros.

Hence, 5932 is rounded off to nearest hundreds as 5900.