Question

there were 2605 people at the basketball game a reporter rounded this number to the nearest hundred for a newspaper article what number did the reporter use

Answer 1

2600 because since 0 is in the tenths place you cant bump up the 600 to 700 so the answer would be 2,600

Answer 2

Answer:

The number which reporter can use is 2600.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

There were 2605 people at the basketball game a reporter rounded this number to the nearest hundred for a newspaper article.

Rule of rounding a number.

If the number on the right side of rounding digit is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 then no need to change the rounding digit and change the rest of the digit right to rounding digit with 0.

If the number on the right side of rounding digit is 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 then rounding digit rounds up by one number  and change the rest of the digit right to rounding digit with 0.

We need to rounded 2605 to the nearest hundred.

The number at tens place is 0.

So no need to change the rounding digit and change the rest of the digit right to rounding digit with 0.

Thus, the number which reporter can use is 2600.