Question

A soccer stadium has 40,218 seats. For one game 37,842 people came to the stadium . Estimate the number of empty seats at the game to the nearest thousand

Answer 1

First, subtract 40,218-37,842

ex.    40218

        -37842

      -------------

         2,376

Then, round 2,376 to the nearest thousands

2,376 -> 2,000

2,000 is your answer