What is 455,000 rounded to the nearest thousand?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
455,000
Round to the nearest 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 the nearest thousand, we must determine first where 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. Thousands place is located 3 units to the right, which in our case is 5. Before 5 we have the number 0 which is less than 5, therefore we will retain the value as it is.
Final answer:
455,000