Given the number 64,473
From the right:
• Unit digit = 3
,• Tens digit = 7
,• Hundred digit = 4
,• Thousand digit =4
,• Ten thousand digit =6
To round 64,473 to the nearest thousand, we first identify the thousand digit.
Thousand digit = 4
Next, identify the number after the thousand digit.
The number after the thousand digit = 4
When rounding numbers:
• If the number after the required number place is (0,1,2,3,4), we simply write the number.
,• If the number after the required number place is (5,6,7,8,9), we round up.
Since the number after the thousand digit is 4. we therefore have that:
64,473 rounded to the nearest thousand = 64,000
