Chris has 555 baseball cards in his collection. Which of these shows the number of cards rounded to the nearest hundred?
A) 560
B) 500
C) 600 (Correct Answer)
D) 550
Explanation:
To round this number to the nearest hundred, the student should look to the digit to the right of the hundreds (the tens). Because the tens digit is a five, the hundreds digit should be rounded up (to a 6). The tens and ones digits become zeroes. The rounded number is 600.
Related Common Core State Standard: Number & Operations in Base Ten: 3.NBT.1
