The baby elephant weighs 435 pounds. What is its weight rounded to the nearest hundred pounds?

The **weight **of baby elephant **rounded **to the **nearest hundred **will be 400 pounds.
It is given that a baby elephant weighs 435 pounds.
We have to find the **weight **rounded to the nearest hundred.
What is the nearest hundred of a number ?
The nearest hundred of a number meant we need to round off number in form of **multiple of 100 **which is **closest **to the **given number. **
As per the **question ; **
**Weight **of baby elephant = **435 pounds **
Let's round off this to nearest hundred .
So ;
Rounding off to nearest hundred ;
As the **number **at the hundred place i.e., 3 is less than 5, so ; we need to change **35 to 00 **and that would be ;
= 400 pounds
Thus , the **weight **of baby elephant **rounded **to the **nearest hundred **will be 400 pounds.
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Answered by psm22415 | 2024-06-16

The baby elephant weighs 435 pounds. When rounded to the nearest hundred pounds, its weight is 400 pounds. This is determined by looking at the tens place digit, which is 3, and rounding down.
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Answered by psm22415 | 2024-09-04