Given the number 64,473
From the right:
• Unit digit = 3
,
• Tens digit = 7
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• Hundred digit = 4
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• Thousand digit =4
,
• Ten thousand digit =6
To round 64,473 to the nearest thousand, we first identify the thousand digit.
Thousand digit = 4
Next, identify the number after the thousand digit.
The number after the thousand digit = 4
When rounding numbers:
• If the number after the required number place is (0,1,2,3,4), we simply write the number.
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• If the number after the required number place is (5,6,7,8,9), we round up.
Since the number after the thousand digit is 4. we therefore have that:
64,473 rounded to the nearest thousand = 64,000