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There are 9,321 leaves on a tree. Explain why the digit 3 stays the same when9,321 is rounded to the nearest hundred.

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To round the nearest hundred the digit in the hundred column and test digit in the tens column.

To round the nearest hundred the digit in the hundred column is rounding digit and the digit in the tens column is test digit.

We find the rounding digit in hundred column is 3. Then we look out the test digit 2 to the right of the 3 in the tens column. Because 2<5 we round down and leave the 3 in the hundred column. Then replace the two rightmost digits with 0's.

The 9,321 rounded to the nearest hundred is 9,300.

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