Question

Round 47138 to the nearest thousand

Answer 1

47000

Explanation:

Key skills needed: Rounding and Estimation

1) We have the number 47138

2) We need to round this to the nearest thousand. This means we look at the part that is "7138"

3) We need to see if 7138 is close to 7000 or 8000.

4) It is only 138 away from 7000, but 862 away from 8000.

5) This means 7138 rounded to the nearest thousand is 7000.

6) That means 47138 rounded to the nearest thousand is 47000.

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Answer 2

if we were to round to the nearest thousand you would get 4,7000