235 456 Round off to the nearest 1000
456 is less than 500 so:
235,000
To round off the number 235,456 to the nearest 1000, follow these steps:
1. Look at the digit in the thousands place, which is the 5 in 235,456.
2. If the digit in the hundreds place (the 4 in this case) is 5 or greater, add 1 to the digit in the thousands place.
3. If the digit in the hundreds place is 4 or less, leave the digit in the thousands place as it is.
4. Change all the digits to the right of the thousands place to zeros.
In this case, since the digit in the hundreds place is 4 (which is less than 5), we leave the digit in the thousands place as it is.
So, rounding off 235,456 to the nearest 1000 gives us the rounded number of 235,000.
To round off a number to the nearest 1000, you need to look at the digit in the thousands place and determine whether to round up or down based on the digit immediately to its right (the hundreds place).
In the number 235,456, the digit in the thousands place is 3. The digit to its right (the hundreds place) is 5. Since 5 is greater than or equal to 5, we round up the thousands place digit to the next higher number.
To round off 235,456 to the nearest 1000, you will change the digits after the thousands place to zero. The thousands place digit, which is currently 3, will be increased by 1.
Therefore, rounding off 235,456 to the nearest 1000 gives us 236,000.