512 Rounded to the Nearest Hundred

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What is 512 rounded to the nearest hundred?

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512 rounded to the nearest hundred is
500

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

512

5 hundreds place 1 The tens digit decides

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1 < 5 → keep 500

512 rounded to every place
PlaceRounded
to the nearest thousandth512.000
to the nearest hundredth512.00
to the nearest tenth512.0
to the nearest whole number512
to the nearest ten510
to the nearest hundred500
to the nearest thousand1,000

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What is 512 rounded to the nearest hundred?

512 rounded to the nearest hundred is 500

Is 512 closer to 500 or 600?

512 is 12 from 500 and 88 from 600, so it is closer to 500 — that is 512 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 — 512 → 500.