Question #317fe

2 Answers
Jul 21, 2017

See the solution process below:

Explanation:

The ten thousandth spot is two digits to the left of the comma:

247,919

If the digit in the thousand position (just to the left of the comma) is greater than or equal to 5 we need to add 1 to the digit in the ten thousand spot and change all of the digits to the right to 0.

If the digit in the thousand position is less than 5 we just need to change all of the digits to the right to 0.

For this problem, the digit in the ten thousand position is a 7 which is greater than or equal to 5 so we need to add 1 to the digit in the ten thousand spot and change all of the digits to the right to 0.

247,919250,000 rounded to the nearest ten thousand.

Jul 21, 2017

See below

250,000

Explanation:

To round 247,919 to the nearest ten thousand, find the number in the 10,000 place which is the 4

Next look at the number one place to the right to see if you need to round up. This number is a 9. When numbers are 5 or greater, the place immediately to the left (ten thousands place), needs to increase by one.

Each of the digits to the right are changed to 0.

This would make the number 250,000