How do you round 76240 to the nearest hundred?

Answer 1

Split the number up into ten-thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens and units:

10 Th Th H T U

7 6 2 4 0

The value in the hundreds column is the 2 (representing 200). Therefore it has to be decided whether or not to round the numbers in the tens and units up (making the number 76300) or down (making it 76200). If the number after the 2 is less than 50, you round down, but if it is more, round up. 40 is less than 50, so we round down, therefore the final number is 76200.