Round 481,462 to the nearest hundred thousand and to the nearest thousand.

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Wilhalm3qdn · Accepted Answer

We must first determine the position in the hundred thousand. The decimal point is located in the position (4)81,462, which is six places to the left of the hundred thousand position. When trying to round, look to the place directly to the right of where you want to go. In this instance, the 8 is located one thousand places to the right of the (4), as in (4)(8)1,462. The digit you are rounding to remains the same if the digit to the right is less than 5, but you delete all the digits to the right, leaving just 0s up to the decimal point.
If the digit to the right of the decimal point is more than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit you are rounding to and leave just the digits up to the decimal point, which are all zeros.
The rightmost digit in this issue is (8), which is higher than 5. As a result, we subtract the rightmost digits and add 1 to the number (4). up to the decimal point, they become zeros.
(4)(8)1,462 is equal to 500,000 when rounded to the closest hundred thousand.

Itzel Decker · Accepted Answer

We must first determine the thousand location. The position four places to the left of the decimal point is known as the thousand position: 48(1),462. Do the rounding now by according to the aforementioned guidelines.

Round 481,462 to the nearest hundred thousand and to the nearest thousand.

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