I just finished reading a book, Into Thin Air, about a group of people that climbed Mt. Everest.  I learned some really interesting things while reading the book.  Did you know that mountain is 29,035 feet tall, and that the wind blows 118 miles per hour?!?  About how tall is Mt. Everest to the nearest hundred?  About how hard does that wind blow to the nearest ten?  Explain your thinking.

My husband and I went to see the Whale at the Hartford Civic Center.  It was a Saturday night and so the stadium was pretty busy.  During the third period the emcee announced the total number in attendance at the game.  We were shocked when we heard the amount because it was the highest number in attendance we had ever heard!  The number was in the thousands.  With a few catches ... There was a 4 in the hundreds, and the attendance was less than nine thousand but more than five thousand. How many people attended the game that Saturday night?