The digit 6 is in the thousands place so you are rounding to the thousands place. If you were to round to the nearest thousand, the answer would be 126,000. You always look to the right of the digit you are trying to round too and base it off of that. If its 5 and above, give it a shove and 4 and below, leave it alone meaning round down. Hope this helps! :)
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