Question

What is 399713 rounded to the place value of the underlined digit

Answer 1

The thousands place is the 9 in 399,713. 7 is closer to 10 than to 0, therefore, you roundup, increasing the thousands place by one. Carry the 0 to the next 9 in the ten thousands place, and again to the hundred thousands, adding one to the 3. Therefore the answer is 400,000.

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