What is the result of 1000 plus 34 if rounding to the nearest whole number?

When you add 1000 and 34, the arithmetic operation yields a sum of 1034. Since this result is already a whole number, rounding is unnecessary. In rounding, you would typically only apply this to numbers that have decimal places or are not whole numbers. However, because 1034 is an integer, both the representation as 1034 and as 1034.0 denote the same quantity in different formats but do not change the value itself.

Choosing 1034 demonstrates an understanding that rounding is irrelevant in this case because the sum is already a whole number. The other options introduce some confusion by including variations of the sum that either imply the need for rounding or result in values that do not reflect the accurate sum of the given numbers. Therefore, 1034 is the most straightforward answer.