Height of Alaska's Mount McKinley

When a geologist says that the height of Alaska’s Mount McKinley is “about 20,300 feet,” she has rounded to the nearest hundred because its actual height of 20,320 feet is closer to 20,300 than it is to 20,400. We say that 20,320, rounded to the nearest hundred, is 20,300. This process is called _________.

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• Round whole numbers