Question

Round 354,605 to nearest thousand

Answer 1

`355,000`

Explanation:

We have been given an number
`354,605`. We are asked to round our given number to the nearest thousand.

Upon looking at our given number we can see that the value of the 1st dropped figure that is at hundreds place value, is greater than 5.

Since hundreds place value is 6 or we can see that last three digits are 605, therefore, we will round up our number to nearest thousand as:

`354,605\approx 355,000`

Answer 2

355,000.

Explanation

When rounding numbers we count digits from the right to the left. The first place value from the right is once followed by tens, hundreds, thousands etc.

354,605

5 ⇒ ones

0 ⇒ tens

6 ⇒ hundreds

4 ⇒ thousands

354,605 to the nearest thousands is 355,000.