rounding up word problem

[namdionwuachu]

any help will be appreciated. the difference between two numbers is 2 when each number is rounded to the nearest hundred. the difference between them is 100. write what the two numbers could be.

 

[HallsofIvy]

any help will be appreciated. the difference between two numbers is 2 when each number is rounded to the nearest hundred.

That doesn't make sense! If two numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred then the difference is either 0 or a multiple of 100. It can't be 2.

the difference between them is 100. write what the two numbers could be.

 

[JeffM]

any help will be appreciated. the difference between two numbers is 2 when each number is rounded to the nearest hundred. the difference between them is 100. write what the two numbers could be.

Rounded to the nearest hundredth?????

 

[lev888]

My attempt at correcting punctuation and capitalization:
"The difference between two numbers is 2. When each number is rounded to the nearest hundred, the difference between them is 100"

Is this the question? Or is it "rounded up"?

 

[namdionwuachu]

My attempt at correcting punctuation and capitalization:
"The difference between two numbers is 2. When each number is rounded to the nearest hundred, the difference between them is 100"

Is this the question? Or is it "rounded up"?

yes this is the question.

 

[namdionwuachu]

The difference between two numbers is 2. When each number is rounded to the nearest hundred. The difference between them is 100. Write what the two numbers could be.

 

[willyengland]

for example 149 and 151.
when you round them to the nearest hundreds, you get 100 and 200.

 

[namdionwuachu]

for example 149 and 151.
when you round them to the nearest hundreds, you get 100 and 200.

Thanks so much?
but how do you arrive at these numbers is there a formula or a wild guess and play with numbers.

 

[lev888]

Thanks so much?
but how do you arrive at these numbers is there a formula or a wild guess and play with numbers.

Pick 2 numbers 2 apart. Round them. Did you get the same multiple of 100? What must be true to get different multiples of 100?