Round 817,245 round to the nearest hundred thousand
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Jan 21 2021
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Given the number:
817, 245
Round to the nearest hundred 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 hundred thousand, we must determine first where hundred 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.
8 is located in the hundred thousands place, and before 8 we have 1 which is less than 5, therefore we will retain the value of 8 and equate the succeeding lower values to 0.
= 817, 245
= 800,000
Final answer:
= 800,000