round 815,295 to the nearest thousand;
810,000
815,000
What is your answer?
Right.
810,000
To round a number to the nearest thousand, you'll need to look at the digit in the hundreds place.
In this case, the number is 815,295. The digit in the hundreds place is 5.
If the digit in the hundreds place is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, you would round down to the nearest thousand. In this case, since 5 is in the hundreds place, which is greater than or equal to 5, we would round up to the nearest thousand.
To round up, we would add 1 to the digit in the thousands place and replace all the digits to the right with zeros.
So, rounding 815,295 to the nearest thousand would result in 816,000.