Question

Higher Order Thinking One day, y the state fair total attendance was 126,945. Round 126,945 to the nearest hundred thousand, nearest ten thousand, and nearest thousand. Which of these rounded amounts is closest to the actual attendance? 100,000)

Answer 1

The round off to thousand i.e. 127000 is closest to the actual attendance

Explanation:

Rule of rounding a number :

1) If the number after rounded number is greater than 5 then the next number round up to by 1.

2) If the number after rounded number is less than 5 then the number remain same and rest became zero.

Using this rule :

The state fair total attendance was 126,945.

The round off to hundred thousand =100000

The round off to ten thousand =130000

The round off to thousand =127000

So, The round off to thousand i.e. 127000 is closest to the actual attendance.