Question

Round 324,145
to the nearest
hundred thousand.

Answer 1

320,145

Explanation:

Anything under 5 goes down and anything above 5 goes up.

Answer 2

300,000

Explanation:

Given the following question:


`324145`

To round to the nearest hundred thousand of this number we must first find the hundred thousand place value and then determine if the number next to that place value is greater than five, if so, we can round the number up.


`324145`

`PV=3`

`2 < 5`

`=30000`

Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand "300,000" is your answer.

Hope this helps.