How do you round 264997 to the nearest hundred?

Answer 1

To round a number you first take only the digits with place value at or greater than the point you wish to round. In this case it's 264,900. The next step is to look at the next digit and work out if we need to round. If 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 we need to round up. Otherwise we can leave it as it is. In this case, the number is a 9 so we need to round up. Thus, the answer is 265,000