How do you round 86,492 to the nearest ten thousand?
1 Answer
Mar 5, 2018
90,000
Explanation:
In order to round to a specific digit, we look at the digit after the digit in question. Since this is asking us to round to the nearest 10,000 and 8 in in the 10,000s place, we look at the number right after it which is 6.
Next, we figure out whether to round down or up. The convention is that we round up for numbers 5 and higher and down for 4 and lower. So since 6 is greater than 5, we round up.
Therefore 86,492 rounds up to 90,000.
