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Cole's teacher asked him to round 23,478 to the nearest ten thousand . He wrote 23,000. What is Cole's error?
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Cole's teacher asked him to round 23,478 to the nearest ten thousand . He wrote 23,000. What is Cole's error?

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He rounded wrong. He rounded to the nearest thousand.His answer should be 20,00 because 23,478 is less than 23,500
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Cole's error was that he did not round to the nearest ten thousand, he was supposed to write 20,000.
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