5,438 rounded to the nearest hundred is 5,400
Explanation:
First start with you number: 5,438
Then, decide what place you are rounding to and where that place is in your number: You want to round to the nearest hundred place and the hundred place would be the 4 in 5,438
After that, go to your lowest place, which in this case is the ones place, and decide whether that number would round the place just above it, in this case the tens place, up or down
>If the number is a one, two, three, or four then you will round down
>If the number is a five, six, seven, eight, or nine then you will round up
Next, now that you have figured out that eight will round three up to four now you have the number: 5,440
With this number you need to decide if your number in the tens place will round your number in the hundreds place up or down
> The number you have in the tens place is four and the number you have in the hundreds place is also four. As stated previously, the numbers one through four will round down. Therefore, your final answer should be: 5,400