Q:

The population of a certain city is 836,527. What is the population of this city rounded to the nearest ten thousand?*PLEASE HELP*

Accepted Solution

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Hello there! I can help you! When it comes to rounding, if the digit behind the place you are rounding to is 5 or more, the number goes up. However, if it is 4 or less, then the number goes down. In this case, we are talking about the nearest ten thousand, which contains a 3 in the ten thousands place. The place value behind ten thousand is thousand, which contains 6. 6 is greater than 5, so the number in the ten thousands place goes up by 1 to 840,000. Keep in mid that when you round up, you place zeros behind that place value being rounded up. There. The populatio rounded to the nearest ten thousand is 840,000.