HELP ROUND 87671.5613658 TO THE NEAREST THOUSAND

Given the value:

87671.5613658

Round to the nearest thousand.

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 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.

7 is located in the thousands place, and before 7 we have 6 which is greater than 5, therefore we will add 1 to 7, and equate the lower place values to 0.

 = 88,000

Final answer:

 = 88,000