What is 3258 rounded to the nearest thousand.
When you round to the thousand that is think about 1000
You want to end up with a number that you could get if you counted by 1000 so think about 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
When you round to the hundreds place, you would get an answer that is attainable by counting by 100
100 200 300 400 500
8 is in the ones place
5 is in the tens place
2 is in the hundreds place
3 is in the thousands place
If the directions are to round to the nearest thousand, what does the ones digit have to do with it?
the answer is 3200
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Ashley already told you the number in the thousands place.
Um the answer is 3360
The answer is 3300
To round a number to the nearest thousand, you need to look at the digit in the hundreds place.
In this case, the number 3258 has a digit 5 in the hundreds place. When rounding, you look at the digit immediately to the right of the place you are rounding to, which is the thousands place in this case.
If the digit in the thousands place is 5 or greater, you round up. If it is less than 5, you round down.
Since the digit in the thousands place is 2, which is less than 5, you round down. Therefore, 3258 rounded to the nearest thousand is 3000.