Question

543,982 rounded to the nearest ten thousand

Answer 1

The 4 is in the ten thousand place so since the 3 is less than 5, the four stays the same. Therefore, 540,000 is your answer.

Answer 2

So the number values in this number go from

5 - Hundred thousands
4 - Ten thousands
3 - Thousands
9 - Hundreds
8 - Tens
2 - Ones

Since we will be rounding to the Ten thousands spot, we will be rounding to the 4.

To round it we look at the number that comes after the ten thousands spot, which is the thousands spot. The number here is 3, and when you round a number, if the number that comes after it is less than 5 then you do not add a 1 to the number you are rounding to, but if it is equal to or greater than 5 then you add 1 to the spot you are rounding to.

 In this case since the number is less than 3 we will be leaving the number we are rounding to the same, and change all the numbers that come after it to 0

540,000 is your answer

Hope this helps!