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Round up to the greater thousand if:
- the last three digits of the number are greater than 500, or
- the last three digits of the number are 500 and the greater thousand is even.
Round down to the smaller thousand if:
- the last three digits of the number are less than 500, or
- the last three digits of the number are 500 and the lesser thousand is even.
Many schools teach that 500 should always be rounded up. This is a simpler rule but is wrong since such rounding introduces a bias in the results.
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How do you round 472992 to the nearest ten thousand?
To round 472992 to the nearest ten thousand, you would look at the digit in the ten thousand place, which is 9. Since 9 is greater than 5, you would round up. Therefore, 472992 rounded to the nearest ten thousand would be 480000.
How do you round 986402 to the nearest ten thousand?
You look at the number in the Thousands place... If it is 5 or greater then you round up... 986402 would round to 990000
What number do you look at to round to the by nearest thousand?
Let's say that if you have the number 4,554 it would round to 5,000 because it is closer to 5,000 than to 4,000. here's a hint: if the hundreds place is 5 or greater, you round up!
How do you round down to the preceding thousand?
I believe that rounding down to the proceding thousand would be to round down. Take 8765 for example. To round that down to the proceding thousand would mean you would make that into 8000. That's how I would do it. Math Rules!
28 round to the nearest thousand?
Well, considering it would have to be at least 500 to round up to the nearest thousand, I suppose the answer would be 0.
