High School

On planet Dubble, the area of a park is 6,181,153 square miles. What is the area of the park to the nearest hundred square miles?

A. 6,181,200 square miles
B. 6,181,100 square miles
C. 6,181,153 square miles
D. 6,181,000 square miles

Answer :

Final answer:

The area of the park on planet Dubble to the nearest hundred square miles is 6,181,100 square miles, option (b).

Explanation:

To find the area of the park on planet Dubble to the nearest hundred square miles, we should look at the third digit after the comma, which is the hundreds place. Since the digit in the tens place (5) is less than 5, we do not round up. Therefore, the number will remain as it is in the hundreds place, and we'll replace the lower place values with zero. So, the area of the park to the nearest hundred square miles is 6,181,100 square miles, which corresponds to option (b).