UKMT Grey Kangaroo, 2015

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Which of the following numbers is closest to $2.015 \times 510.2$ ?

(A) $0.1$ (B) $1$ (C) $10$ (D) $100$ (E) $1000$

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