Question

one day, the state fair total attaendance was 126,945. Round to the nearest hundred thousand, nearest ten thousand and nearest thousand. Whitch of these rounded ampunts is the closest to the actual attendance

Answer 1

Answer:

The closest to the actual attendance is 127000.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : One day, the state fair total attendance was 126,945.

To find : Round to the nearest hundred thousand, nearest ten thousand and nearest thousand. Which of these rounded amounts is the closest to the actual attendance?

Solution :

Rounding a number rule :

1) If the rounded number after place is greater than 5 then the next number round upto by 1.

2) If the rounded number after place is less than 5 then the number remain same and rest became zero.

Number 126,945

Round to the nearest hundred thousand.

At hundred thousand place there is 1 and after that there is 2<5

So, It rounded to 100000.

Round to the nearest  ten thousand.

At  ten thousand place there is 2 and after that there is 6>5

So, It rounded to 130000.

Round to the nearest thousand.

At  thousand place there is 6 and after that there is 9>5

So, It rounded to 127000.

Above all the closest to the actual attendance is 127000.

Answer 2

Nearest hundred thousand: 100,000

Nearest ten thousand: 130,000

Nearest thousand: 127,000

The closest rounded amount to the actual attendance is the nearest thousand, 127,000.