Round 846 to the nearest hundred___________ and 3756 to the nearest thousand ________
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
846 rounded to nearest hundred.
3756 rounded to nearest thousand.
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 and nearest thousand, we must determine first where the nearest hundred and nearest 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.
Solution:
In the number 846, the hundreds place is 8, and before 8 we have 4 which is less than 5, therefore the value of 8 remains the same.
846 rounded to nearest hundred = 800
In the number 3756, the thousands place is 3, and before 8 we have 7 which is greater than 5, therefore the value of 3 will be added by 1.
3756 rounded to nearest thousand = 4000