Question

Rounding 55,183 to the nearest thousand gives

Answer 1

To round to the nearest thousand look at the hundreds number, if the number is below 5 then the thousands number remains the same and the digits less than the thousands become zeros, if the hundreds number is 5 or higher you add 1 to the thousands number and the digits less than the thousands become zeros.

The hundreds number is 1, so the thousands number remains 5.

Answer: 55,000

Answer 2

Answer:

55,000

55,183 is closer to 55,000 than to 56,000