round off 12 87392 to the nearest 1000
12 88000
To round off 12,87392 to the nearest 1000, you need to identify the place value of the digit in the thousands position.
The thousands position in 12,87392 is the 8, and the digit to its immediate right is 7.
If the digit to the right of the thousands place is 5 or greater, you round up; if it is less than 5, you round down. In this case, the digit is 7, which is greater than 5.
To round up, we increase the digit in the thousands position by 1 and change all the digits to the right of it to zero.
Therefore, when rounding 12,87392 to the nearest 1000, the result is 13,000.
To round off 12,87392 to the nearest 1000, follow these steps:
1. Look at the digit in the thousands place, which is the number 8 in this case.
2. Determine if the next digit to the right (the hundreds place) is 5 or greater.
3. In this case, the next digit is 7, which is greater than 5.
4. Increase the digit in the thousands place by 1.
5. Replace all the digits to the right of the thousands place with zeros.
6. The rounded off number to the nearest 1000 is 13,000.
Therefore, 12,87392 rounded off to the nearest 1000 is 13,000.