Question

There area 17,60 gaffs in a mile . What is the number of yards in a mile rounded to the nearest hundred? 1- How many places are in this number?2- What are the places? 3- What place are you rounding to?4- What digit is in that place?5- What place is to the right of the place you are rounding to?6- What digit is in that place?Is this digit 5 or greater?7- What is the rule for digits 5 or greater? 8- Will you need to change the hundreds digit? If so, to what? 9- Which places will you change to 0s?10- What is the number of yards in a mile rounded to the nearest hundred?

Answer 1

itWe were given the following:

$1760yard=1mi$

1.

There are 4 places in this number

2.

1 thousand + 7 hundred + 6 tens + 0 units

3.

We are rounding to the hundreds place

4.

Seven (7)

5.

To the right, we have the ''tens''

6.

Six(6). Yes, the digit is 5 or greater

7.

Digits that are 5 or greater than are approximated to the next digit

8.

Yes. From 7 to 8

9.

The tens place will be changed to 0

10.

The number of yards in a mile rounded to the nearest hundred is:

$\begin{gathered} 1,760yards=1mi \\ 1,760\approx1800 \\ =1,800yards(to\text{ the nearest hundred)} \end{gathered}$