Round off numbers

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Round off numbers

Rounding off means a number is made simpler by keeping its value intact but closer to the next number

Round the number to the nearest thousands.

Example:

Step1: Underline the number in the 'thousands' place value.

7	3	2	6
Thousands	Hundreds	Tens	Ones

Step 2: Identify the number for 'hundreds'.

Weak Numbers

Strong Numbers

Digits in the 'thousands' place value Digits in the 'thousands' place value

add 0 add 1

\(\begin{aligned} &\color{red}{7}\;3\;2\;6\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\;\color{red}{7}\;3\;2\;6 \\&\small{+0} \end{aligned}\)

3 is in 'weak numbers',

so the number in the thousands place must add 0.

Step 3: Change the number in the 'hundreds', 'tens' and 'ones' place value to zero.

\(7\;\color{red}{3}\;\color{red}{2}\;\color{red}{6}\quad\Longrightarrow\quad7\;\color{red}{0}\;\color{red}{0}\;\color{red}{0}\)

So, 7326 rounded to the nearest thousands is 7000.