Hayley, it says Estimate.
if you just sum it that would be not answering the question ://
PLUS, you do not need to ask if people want an explanation - of course if it is a serious question then they want an explanation. :// You do not have to give them the whol answer though if you don't want to. Sometime is is good to let them do some of the work :)
Estimate the sum of 3627 and 4187 to the nearest hundred
3637 rounds of to 3600
AND
4187 rounds off to 4200
36+42=78
so the sum is approximately 7800