Andy and Elizabeth each rounded 2,639,456 to the nearest ten-thousand. Andy got 2,640,000. Elizabeth got 2,630,000. who is correct? explain the error that was made.

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Jamie Taylor · Answer 1 · 2016-05-23T05:21:45+0000

Andy was correct
2639456 is rounded to 2640000 because the 9 from 39,456 rounds up to 0 and the three changes to a 4
Elizabeth rounded down instead