round 5,486 to the nearest thousand

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anonymous · Answer

5,000

mathstudent55 · Answer

5,486
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The five is in the thousands place. You are rounding tot eh nearest thousand. That means every digit to the right of the 5 will become just a place holder, 0.

The only thing left to do is to decide what happens to the 5.

If the digit to the right of 5 is 5 or larger, then the 5 is replaced by a 6.
If the digit to the right of 5 is 4 or less, then the 5 remains as 5.

Since the digit to the right of the 5 is 4, and 4 is less than or equal to 4, the 5 remains as 5. 
The answer is 5,000.

anonymous · Answer

trying to prove to my daughter, she had to see it from someone else.  She's 10 going on 21.  thank you for your help.

mathstudent55 · Answer

No problem. Glad to be of help.

anonymous · Answer

do you help with college algebra?

mathstudent55 · Answer

yes