542 Rounded to the Nearest Hundred

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What is 542 rounded to the nearest hundred?

Answer

542 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.

542

5 hundreds place 4 The tens digit decides

542

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4 < 5 → keep 500

542 rounded to every place
Place	Rounded
to the nearest thousandth	542.000
to the nearest hundredth	542.00
to the nearest tenth	542.0
to the nearest whole number	542
to the nearest ten	540
to the nearest hundred	500
to the nearest thousand	1,000

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Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred

Number	Rounded
521	500
523	500
525	500
526	500
527	500
528	500
529	500
531	500
532	500
533	500
534	500
536	500
537	500
538	500
539	500
542	500
543	500
544	500
545	500
546	500
547	500
548	500
549	500
550	600
551	600
552	600
553	600
554	600
555	600
555.5	600

FAQ

What is 542 rounded to the nearest hundred?

542 rounded to the nearest hundred is 500

Is 542 closer to 500 or 600?

542 is 42 from 500 and 58 from 600, so it is closer to 500 — that is 542 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 — 542 → 500.