Question

Which number is rounded to the nearest thousand correctly? A. 78,294 → 78,300 B. 321,511 → 321,000 C. 817,849 → 819,000 D. 198,579 → 199,000

Answer 1

D

they all go up because the are all higher then 5

Answer 2

D. 198,579 → 199,000

Explanation:

thousand is X,000

A. 78,294 → 78,300

8 is in the thousands place

we look at the 2 2<5 leave it alone

78,000

B. 321,511 → 321,000

1 is in the thousands place

we look at the 5 5>=5 we round up

322,000

C. 817,849 → 819,000

7 is in the thousands place

we look at the 8 8>5 we round up

818,000

D. 198,579 → 199,000

8 is in the thousands place

we look at the 5 5>=5 we round up

199,000