400
It is: 500 and not 490
400
500
Well, let's take a look at our number 498. When we round it to the nearest hundred, we see that it's closer to 500 than 400. So, 498 rounded to the nearest hundred is 500. Just a little nudge up the happy little number line!
500
498 divide 100 by the power of ten = 4.98
40000
12000
500
4198 to the nearest 100 = 4200
5.0