Answer:
When you round to the nearest ten thousand, your answer will be a multiple of ten thousand.
Identify the ten thousand place holder it is the fifth digit from the right.
The number will be
?
?
0
,
000
But before you just discard the other digits and replace them with
0
s, you need to decide whether you will round up or down.
Look at the digit in the thousands place
?
?
0
,
000
- If it is
5
or more, round up, if it is
4
or less, the ten thousand value stays the same.
In this case we have
26
5
,
427
The thousands place value is
5
, so the
6
will become
7
The digits which follow are all
0
27
0
,
000
If the number had been:
26
3
,
427
, then the rounded value would be
26
0
,
000
Step-by-step explanation:
the answer is (the number had been: 260)
