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Multiple choice maths mental arithmetic estimation and rounding off estimations, bounds and rounding off rounding off numbers rounding of decimals

Mark the correct alternative of the following.
$1827$ when rounded off to be nearest hundred is?

  1. $1900$
  2. $1820$
  3. $1850$
  4. $1800$
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D Correct answer
Explanation
Rounding a number to the nearest hundred, we use the following rules:

A) We round the number up to the nearest hundred if the last two digits in the number are $50$ or above.

B) We round the number down to the nearest hundred if the last two digits in the number are $49$ or below.

C) If the last two digits are $00$, then we do not have to do any rounding, because it is already to the hundred.

Now, we are given a number $1827$ whose hundred place is $27$ which is below $50$, therefore, the nearest hundred to $1827$ is $1800$.

Hence, the nearest hundred of $1827$ when rounded off is $1800$.
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Round off 11,125 to thousand place

  1. 11,000

  2. 12,000

  3. 11,120

  4. 1,100

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The given number is $11,125$. The ones place of the number is $5$, the tens place is $2$, the hundreds place is $1$ and the thousands place is $1$.

Its digit at hundreds place is $1$, which is less than 5. So, we replace each of the hundreds, tens and ones digits by $0$ and keep the other digits as they are.

Therefore, the number $11,125$ is rounded off to nearest thousands as $11,000$.

Hence, the number $11,125$ is rounded off to nearest thousands as $11,000$.
Multiple choice maths mental arithmetic estimation and rounding off estimations, bounds and rounding off rounding off numbers rounding of decimals

Round off to nearest thousands. The given number is 76,823

  1. $76,000$
  2. $75,000$
  3. $77,000$
  4. $78,000$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The given number is $76823$. The one's place of the number is $3$, the tens place is $2$, the hundreds place is $8$ and the thousands place is $6$.

Its digit at hundreds place is $8$, which is greater than $5$. 

So, we increase the digit at thousands place by $1$ and replace each one of the digits at hundreds, tens and ones place by $0$ to get the rounded off numbers that is the number $76823$ is rounded off to nearest thousands as $77000$.

Hence, the number $76823$ is rounded off to the nearest thousands as $77000$.
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Round off to nearest thousands. The given number is 24,500

  1. $24,400$
  2. $24,600$
  3. $25,000$
  4. $24,000$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The given number is $24,500$. The one's place of the number is $0$, the tens place is $0$, the hundreds place is $5$ and the thousands place is $4$.

Its digit at hundreds place is $5$.

So, we increase the digit at thousands place by $1$ and replace each one of the digits at hundreds, tens and ones place by $0$ to get the rounded off numbers that is the number $24,500$ is rounded off to nearest thousands as $25,000$.

Hence, the number $24,500$ is rounded off to the nearest thousands as $25000$.
Multiple choice maths mental arithmetic estimation and rounding off estimations, bounds and rounding off rounding off numbers rounding of decimals

Find the product of 5 and the difference between 328 tenths and 4587 thousandths. Round off your answer to 1 decimal place. 

  1. $146.9$
  2. $141.1$
  3. $139.2$
  4. $140.2$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Here we want to find a product of $5$ and the difference between $328$ tenths and $4587$ thousandths.

So,
First we find tenth of $328 = \dfrac {328}{10}  =  32.8$
And
Thousandths of $4587  = \dfrac {4587}{1000}  =  4.587$

And difference between them  $=  32.8  - 4.587  = 28.213$

Now product of $5$ and the difference between $328$ tenths and $4587$ thousandths  $=  5\times 28.213  = 141.065$

And we know that if the hundredths places are fifty or more, the tenths place is increased by one.

Hence, round off answer to 1 decimal place is $141.1$
Multiple choice maths mental arithmetic estimation and rounding off estimations, bounds and rounding off rounding off numbers rounding of decimals

 Round off $690$ to nearest $100$.

  1. $780$
  2. $690$
  3. $700$
  4. $800$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

$\Rightarrow$  The given number is $690$

$\Rightarrow$  Its tens digit are $9$, which is greater than $5$. 
$\Rightarrow$  So, we increase the digits at hundreds place by $1$ and replace each one of the digits at tens and ones place by $0$ to round off the given number to nearest $100$.
$\therefore$   Round off $690$ to nearest $100$ is $700.$

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Round off to the nearest $10, 100,$ and $1000$:
$1289$

  1. $1290,1389,1009$
  2. $1290,1300,1000$
  3. $1280, 1300, 1200$
  4. $1280,1200,1000$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

$\Rightarrow$  Round off to 10 for 1289 is 1280 or 1290 but nearest to 1289 is 1290.

$\Rightarrow$  So, round off to the nearest $10$ is $1290$.
$\Rightarrow$  Round off to 100 for 1289 is 1200 or 1300 but nearest to 1289 is 1300.
$\Rightarrow$  So, round off to the nearest $100$ is $1300$.

$\Rightarrow$  Round off to 1000 for 1289 is 1000 or 2000 but nearest to 1289 is 1000.
$\Rightarrow$  So, round off to the nearest $1000$ is $1000$.

$\therefore$  The answer is $1290,\,1300,\,1000.$

Multiple choice maths mental arithmetic estimation and rounding off estimations, bounds and rounding off rounding off numbers rounding of decimals

Round-off $13$ to nearest $10$.

  1. $10$
  2. $20$
  3. $13$
  4. $1$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

$\Rightarrow$  The given number is $13$

$\Rightarrow$   Its unit digit is $3$ which is less than 5.
$\Rightarrow$   So, we replace unit digit by $0$ keep the other digits as they are to round off the given number to nearest $10$
$\therefore$   Round-off 13 to nearest 10 is $10$.

Multiple choice maths mental arithmetic estimation and rounding off estimations, bounds and rounding off rounding off numbers rounding of decimals

Rohit's teacher asked him to tell the correct answer after performing the steps given.
$\bullet$ Round off $43, 98$ and $250$ to nearest tens.
$\bullet$ After rounding off, add them.
$\bullet$ Round off the sum to the nearest hundreds.
Then, the correct answer is __________.

  1. $300$
  2. $400$
  3. $350$
  4. $480$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rounding off to nearest tens:

If unit digit is $0,1,2,3,4$ then round down to nearest tens.
If unit digit is $5,6,7,8,9$ then, round up to nearest tens.
$43$ $\rightarrow$ $40$
$98$ $\rightarrow$ $100$
$250$ $\rightarrow$ $250$
$40+100+250$ $\rightarrow$ $390$
$390$  $\rightarrow$  $400$
Hence, Option B is correct.