83,277 rounded to the nearest thousand is 83,000 because the thousands place is the digit 3 and the digit after it is 2 where is cannot be rounded up, so it will remain as 83,000 :)
The answer must be a whole number because for example how are you suppose to fit half a child on a bus that can hold 44 people when it already holds that amount.
It will always be a whole number because if there are several left over students they will be put in another bus with more empty seats.
