Instead of rounding each number to a given place value, we round whatever number is in the front.
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Front end rounding is taking the first digit and making the rest 0. 75 would be 70 in front end rounding.
rounding whole numbers and decimals
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The name comes from the way you round. Front end rounding is keeping the first number and rounding all the numbers after that. To make the last four digits in 10124 a 0, round to the nearest ten thousand. That would be 10000. 10000 is the front end rounding 10124.