Well, isn't that a happy little question! When we round 500,000 to the nearest 100,000, we look at the digit in the ten-thousands place, which is 5. Since 5 is halfway between 0 and 10, we round up to the next hundred thousand, which gives us 600,000. Just like that, we've created a beautiful rounded number to work with!
127891 rounded to the nearest 100000 is 100000.
It is 100000.
It is 100000.
It is 100000.
It is 100000.
127891 rounded to the nearest 100000 is 100000.
To round 482208 to the nearest hundred thousand, we look at the digit in the hundred thousand place, which is 4. The digit to the right of it, the ten thousand place, is 8. Since 8 is greater than or equal to 5, we round the 4 up to 5. Therefore, 482208 rounded to the nearest hundred thousand is 500,000.
500000
2682917 rounded to the nearest 100000 is 2700000.
It is 500000.
104229 rounded to the nearest ten thousand is 100,000. When rounding to the nearest ten thousand, you look at the digit in the ten thousand's place, which is 1 in this case. Since the digit to the right of it is 0, you round down to 100,000.
500000
538152 rounds to 540,000.
It is 100000.
500000
Ask what is the next 100000? Answer 500000 Ask what was the previous 100000? Answer 400000. Finally ask which is the nearest? Answer 400000
It is 100000.