A museum in New York attracted 6,274,289 visitors last year. A museum in Chicago attracted 5,772,857 visitors in the same year.

About how many people visited the two museums last year? Round each number to the nearest million to find the answer.

A.
11,000,000

B.
11,900,000

C.
12,000,000

D.
12,100,000

Question

A museum in New York attracted 6,274,289 visitors last year. A museum in Chicago attracted 5,772,857 visitors in the same year.
 
About how many people visited the two museums last year? Round each number to the nearest million to find the answer.
 
 A.
11,000,000
 
 B.
11,900,000
 
 C.
12,000,000
 
 D.
12,100,000

welshfella · Answer

Hint:   274,289 + 772,857 is very close to 1 million