Question

A whole number that rounds to 700,000 if we are rounding to the nearest hundred thousand.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Here is a quick way to do it with a regular calculator.

735286 divided by 10000 is equal 73.5286.

This means that you have 73 groups of 10000 each. The remainder is 5286 units.

Now, 5286 is about 53% of a 10000 group. If it is 50 or more (53 % in this case) it qualifies to increase 73 groups of 10000 by one, that is 74 times 10000 or 740000.

Your answer is 740000.

If the remainder was less than 5000 then you keep the number of groups at 73 throwing any remainder that is 4999 or less. 73 x 10000 is 730000.