what us 115,016 rounded to the nearest thousand

Given the number:

115, 016

Round to the nearest 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 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.

Based on the given, we have 5 on the thousands place, and before 5 we have 1 on the hundreds place which is less than 5 therefore we will retain 5 as it is and equate the remaining lower values to 0.

= 115, 016

=115,000

Final answer:

=115,000