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OpenStudy (anonymous):

5th grade math there are about 77,621,001 pets cats in the united states. How many pets cats are there rounded t the nearest hundred thousand?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

77,600,000 because 2 is smaller than 5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

77,600,000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, @NickR got it before me. xD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how did you get that anwer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ya that happens

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6 is in the hundred thousands place so you keep everything to the left of that and get rid of everything on the right side of it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

dont get it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

77,600,000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hard to explain, but rounding is all about the place that they want rounded to, and places higher than it, and the next biggest place. the next biggest place if its bigger than 5 you round up to 77,800,000 or if its smaller than 5 keep it the same.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

77,700,000 sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the price of a gallon of milk is $3.75. how much is this to the nearest dollar

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