242 Rounded to the Nearest Hundred

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What is 242 rounded to the nearest hundred?

Answer

242 rounded to the nearest hundred is

200

Nearest hundred — the tens digit decides: 5⁠–⁠9 round up, 0⁠–⁠4 keep; digits to the right become 0.

242

2 hundreds place 4 The tens digit decides

242

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4 < 5 → keep 200

242 rounded to every place
Place	Rounded
to the nearest thousandth	242.000
to the nearest hundredth	242.00
to the nearest tenth	242.0
to the nearest whole number	242
to the nearest ten	240
to the nearest hundred	200
to the nearest thousand	0

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Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred

Number	Rounded
219	200
220	200
225	200
226	200
228	200
231	200
232	200
234	200
235	200
236	200
237	200
238	200
239	200
240	200
241	200
242	200
243	200
245	200
246	200
247	200
248	200
249	200
250	300
251	300
252	300
253	300
254	300
255	300
256	300
257	300

FAQ

What is 242 rounded to the nearest hundred?

242 rounded to the nearest hundred is 200

Is 242 closer to 200 or 300?

242 is 42 from 200 and 58 from 300, so it is closer to 200 — that is 242 rounded to the nearest hundred.

How many zeros does rounding to the nearest hundred leave at the end?

At least 2: every digit right of the hundreds place becomes 0 and the decimals are dropped — 242 → 200.