Question

5,268.9284 to the nearest thousand.

Answer 1

It's 5,000 or 5,268.9284

Answer 2

The next bigger thousand is  6,000 .
The next smaller thousand is  5,000 .

5,2--.---- is closer to  6,000  than it is to  5,000 .

So the nearest thousand is  5,000 .