why do you round 73 753 to 74 000 or 70 000 but not 73 000
If you're rounding to the nearest thousand, they you must round up because it's closer to 74,000 than to 73,000.
If you're rounding to the nearest 10,000, then it's closer to 70,000 than to 80,000.
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When rounding a number, we usually look at the digit in the place value of interest and the digit to the right of it. In the case of 73,753, we are interested in rounding it to the nearest thousand.
To understand why we round to 74,000 instead of 73,000, we need to examine the next digit, which is 7. In rounding, if the digit to the right of the place value we want to round is 5 or greater, we add 1 to the digit in the place value of interest.
In this case, the digit to the right of the thousands place is 7, which is greater than 5. Therefore, we round up the thousands place by adding 1. This results in rounding 73,753 to 74,000.
On the other hand, if the digit to the right of the place value we want to round is less than 5, we simply ignore it and keep the digit in the place value of interest the same.
So, compared to rounding to 70,000, rounding to 74,000 provides a more accurate representation of the value because it falls closer to the original number, 73,753.