Complete each statement by rounding the number to the given place value. Use the number line to show your work.
a) 53,000 rounded to the nearest ten thousand is ______.
Answer (2)
To round 53,000 to the nearest ten thousand, you have to look at the thousands place of the number. If the number in the thousands place is 5 or higher, you round up to the next ten thousand. If it's 4 or lower, you round down. Since the number in the thousands place of 53,000 is a 3, which is less than 5, you retain the digit in the ten thousands place as it is and replace all other digits to the right with zeros.
Therefore, 53,000 rounded to the nearest ten thousand is 50,000.
53,000 rounded to the nearest ten thousand is 50,000. We determine this by looking at the thousands place, which is 3, and since it is less than 5, we round down. Therefore, the final rounded number is 50,000.
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