1.8k views
4 votes
There are 614,952 pepole living in a city round this number ot the nearest thousand

User Wattholm
by
4.1k points

2 Answers

1 vote

Answer:

615,000

Explanation:

614,952

Locate the thousands place:

614,952

Check next door:

614,952

If the number is greater than or equal to 5, then we round up. If it is less than or equal to 4, we round down.

9 is greater than 5. We would round up.

614,952 ≈ 615,000

Hope this helps.

User DubDub
by
4.7k points
1 vote

Answer:

615,000

Explanation:

When you "round to the nearest _____" regardless of what goes in the blank the steps are nearly always the same:

Identify which place value you are rounding to. The smaller the place value, the more accurate the final result will be.

Look to the next smallest place value, the digit to the right of the place value you're rounding to. For example, if you want to round to the nearest ten you'd look at the ones place.

If the digit in the next smallest place value is less than five (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4), you leave the digit you want to round to as-is. Any digits after that number (including the next smallest place value you just looked at) become zeros, or drop-off if they're located after the decimal point. This is called rounding down.

If the next smallest place value is greater than or equal to five (5, 6, 7, 8, or 9), you increase the value of the digit you're rounding to by one (+1). Just like before, any remaining digits before the decimal point become zeros, and any that are after the decimal point are dropped. This is called rounding up.

User Kirk Ross
by
4.6k points