Question

A racing car is made up of 260 parts. After rounding off to the nearest 100, the number will be ___.

• A. 300

Answer 1

The correct option is A 300
The two multiples of 100 between which 260 lies are 200 and 300.

From the place value diagram,
Digit at tens place is more than 5.


∵ 6 > 5, the number will be closer to the higher multiple.

So, we will convert the digit at tens place to zero and add $1$ to the digit at hundreds place.


So, the number 260 rounded off to the nearest hundreds will be equal to 300.