There were 2605 people at the basketball game. A report rounded this number to the nearest hundred for a newspaper article. Which number did the report use
2600 because it needs to be rounded to the nearest hundred and if it was 2650 that would be rounded to 2700
Answer: 2700 is the number which must be used by the report.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : There were 2605 people at the basketball game.
A report rounded this number to the nearest hundred for a newspaper article.
We know that 2600<2605<2700
Now, Round off 2605 to the nearest hundred, we get
2605→2600 , as 2605 is nearer to 2600 rather than 2700.
Therefore, 2700 is the number which must be used by the report.