Round 73,569 ten thousands

Given: 

73, 569

Round to ten 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 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 to the left, therefore it the given number 73, 569, the value of ten thousand is 7. Before 7 we have 3 which is less than 5, therefore 7 will be retained.

73,569 rounded to the nearest ten thousands is equal to 70,000