Question

The library wants to estimate how many books were collected during their annual book drive. They have added each genre
and counted 173 mystery books, 421 romance novels, 59 children's books, and 230 reference text books. If they round
each book category to the nearest hundreds place, what would the estimate be for the total number of books collected?
Provide your answer below

Answer 1

Answer:

900

Step-by-step explanation:

173 rounds to 200

421 rounds to 400

59 rounds to 100

230 rounds to 200

200+400+100+200=900

Answer 2

Answer:

900

Step-by-step explanation:

173 rounds to 200

421 rounds to 400

59 rounds to 100

230 rounds to 200

200+400+100+200=900