round 324,853 the nearest ten-thousand
Mathematics · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Given the number:
324,853
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 thousands is located at the 5th digit, in our case we have 2, and before 2, we have 4 which is less than 5, therefore we will retain the value of 4 as it is, and change the succeeding lower values to 0.
= 320,000
Final answer:
= 320,000