Question

Round the given number to the nearest ten thousand:
482, 537. 12

Answer 1

To round 482,537.12 to the nearest ten thousand, identify the ten-thousand place, look at the number immediately right (2), and either round up or keep it the same. Here, we keep it, resulting in 480,000.

Step-by-step explanation:

To round the given number 482,537.12 to the nearest ten thousand, we follow these steps:

1. Identify the ten-thousand place, which is the second digit from the left in this case, the number 8 in 482,537.12.
2. Look at the digit to the immediate right, the number 2.
3. If this digit is 5 or more, we round up the ten-thousand place by one. If it is less than 5, we keep the ten-thousand place the same.
4. Since the number is 2 (less than 5), we do not increase the ten-thousand place. So, the number 482,537.12 rounded to the nearest ten thousand is 480,000.

All digits after the ten thousand place become zeros.