Question

What is 30,182 rounded to the nearest ten thousand?

Answer 1

30,000

Explanation:

the answer is 30,000 because, the three is getting rounded up or down based on the zero behind it. Since there is no way the three can round up because the zero is under five, all the numbers after it shall become a zero. But if it were a decimal, the answer would just be thirty. But the actual answer is 30,000

Answer 2

30,000

Remember the hundreds place rounding rule...

• Between 0 to 400? Keep the same, or round down.
• Between 500 to 900? Round up.