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Round 3,531 to the nearest hundred.

Step 1 Underline the digit in the hundreds place.

3, 5 3 1

What digit do you underline? 5

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Step 2 Circle the digit in the tens place.

3, 5 3 1

What digit do you circle? 3

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Step 3 Is the circled digit greater than, equal to, or less than 5?

3, 5 3 1

less

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Step 4 Keep the underlined digit the same.

3, 5 3 1

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Step 5 What digit(s) get changed to 0s?

3, 5 3 1

3 and 1

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Step 6 3,531 rounded to the nearest hundred is 3,500.