What is 237,874 rounded to the nearest thousand
237,874 rounded to the nearest thousand is 238,000.
To round 237,874 to the nearest thousand, follow these steps:
1. Identify the digit in the thousands place. In this case, it is the digit 7.
2. Look at the digit to the right of the thousands place, which is the hundreds place. If the hundreds digit is 5 or greater, round the thousands digit up by 1. If it is less than 5, leave the thousands digit as is.
3. In this case, the digit in the hundreds place is 8, which is greater than 5. Therefore, you need to round the thousands digit up by 1.
4. Increase the thousands digit by 1, so 237,874 becomes 238,000.
Therefore, rounding 237,874 to the nearest thousand gives you 238,000.
To round a number to the nearest thousand, we need to look at the hundreds place digit. If the digit in the hundreds place is 0-4, we round down to the nearest thousand. If the digit in the hundreds place is 5-9, we round up to the nearest thousand.
In the given number, 237,874, the digit in the hundreds place is 7. Since 7 is greater than 4, we round up to the nearest thousand.
To round up to the nearest thousand, we need to add 1 to the digit in the thousands place and replace all the digits from the hundreds place onwards with zeros.
In this case, the thousands digit is 2. Adding 1 to 2 gives us 3. So, rounded to the nearest thousand, 237,874 becomes 238,000.