how to round to the nearest hundred

To round a number to the nearest hundred, follow these steps:

1. Identify the digit in the hundreds place (the third digit from the right).
2. Look at the digit immediately to the right of the hundreds place, which is the tens place.
3. If the digit in the tens place is 5 or greater, round the hundreds digit up by one and change the digits to the right to zero.
4. If the digit in the tens place is less than 5, keep the hundreds digit the same and change the digits to the right to zero.

Example:

• For 175, the hundreds digit is 1, and the tens digit is 7 (which is greater than 5), so round up to 200.
• For 943, the hundreds digit is 9, and the tens digit is 4 (which is less than 5), so round down to 900.

This method ensures the number is rounded to the nearest multiple of 100.