round 30944 to nearest ten thousand

Given the number:

30,944

Round to the nearest ten 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 the nearest ten thousand, we must determine first where ten thousand 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.

Ten thousand is located 5 places from the right, hence in our case we have 3, and before 3 we have 0, which is less than 5, therefore, we will retain 3 as it is, and convert the lower values into 0.

= 30,944

= 30,000

Final answer:
= 30,000