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A shopkeeper says a crowd was about 500 rather than 487. Approximating like this is:

AReversing
BRounding
CReducing
DRepeating
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Rounding
1. Exact figures are not always needed. 2. Approximating a number has a name. 3. That name is rounding. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra, Chapter 1, Whole Numbers._
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