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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Round off 356,490 to the nearest thousand. Round off 4.263 to 1 decimal place.

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

which digit in `356,490` is in the thousands place?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6!

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

good

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

the digit to the right of 6 is 4 is '4' equal to 5? or greater than 5?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Isn't it less?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

4 is less, yes

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

because it's not 5 or more, we simply drop everything after the 6 and replace those digits with 0s

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

so 356,490 turns into 356,000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oooooooh yeah!!!! I see thank you. I totally forgot how to do those

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

sure thing, glad to be of help

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