Round off 6,528 to the nearest ten. Answer. 6,528approximately6,530 (The wavy equal signapproximatelymeans "is approximately equal to.") 2 is in the tens place. To round off to the nearest ten, look at the digit to the right: 8 (greater than 5). Therefore, add 1 to the tens place. Replace 8 with 0. Example 7. Round off 6,528 to the nearest hundred. Answer. 6,528approximately6,500 5 is in the hundreds place. To round off to the nearest hundred, look at the digit to the right: 2 (less than 5). Therefore, leave the hundreds place unchanged. Replace 28 with 00. Example 8. Round off 6,528 to the nearest thousand. Answer. 6,528approximately7,000 6 is in the thousands place. To round off to the nearest thousand, look at the digit to the right: 5. Therefore, add 1 to the thousands place. Replace 528 with 000. Example 9. Round off 79,521 to the nearest thousand. Answer. 79,521 approximately 80,000 9 is in the thousands place. To round off to the nearest thousand, look at the digit to the right: 5. Therefore, add 1 to 79 -- it becomes 80. Replace 521 with 000. To round off decimals, see Lesson 11.