5,382,619 round to the nearest thousand

Given the value:

5,382,619

Round to the nearest thousands.

Solution:

In rounding numbers, it must be taken to note that if the number is greater than or equal to 5 then the succeeding number will be added by 1, hence if the number is less than 5, then the succeeding number will remain the same.

Since we are asked to round to the nearest thousands, we must determine first where thousandS is. The number places are as follow in an ascending order: Ones/units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions, hundred millions, and so on.

For decimals, the number places starts with; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on.

The value in the thousands place is 2, and before 2 we have 6 which is greater that 2, therefore, we simply need to add 1 to 2, and equate the lower values to 0.

= 6,383,000

Final answer:

= 6,383,000