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Round 543,982 to the nearest ten thousand ​

User Tech MLG
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Answer:540 , 000

Explanation:

When you round to the nearest ten thousand, your answer will be a multiple of ten thousand.

Identify the ten thousand place holder it is the fifth digit from the right.

The number will be

? ? 0 , 000

But before you just discard the other digits and replace them with 0 s, you need to decide whether you will round up or down.

Look at the digit in the thousands place

?? 0 , 000 - If it is 5 or more, round up, if it is 4 or less, the ten thousand value stays the same.

In this case we have

543,982

The thousands place value is 3 , so the 3 will become 4 since it is less than 5 it will remain the same or changed to zero

So your answer is:

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