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Shauna has 480 stickers. How do you round the number of stickers to the nearest hundred?

Answer 1

500

Your rounded response must be a multiple of the number when you are asked to round it "to the nearest.....".

Choose the number that falls between the two values 100, 200, 300, 400, etc., to the nearest hundred.

480 falls between 400 and 500. You would round your response down to 400 if it is less than 450 and up to 500 if it is equal to or greater than 450.

#480 " rounds up to" 500#

It is farther from 400 (80 away) and closer to 500 (just 20 away).

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