Rounding Whole Numbers

Round 23,486 to the nearest thousand.

• a. 20,000
• b. 23,000
• c. 23,500
• d. 23,490

Which number could round to 80,600?

• a. 80,532
• b. 80,549
• c. 80,617
• d. 80,651

The Morton family is going on a dream month-long vacation to Europe. It will cost $13,856 for their trip. What is the amount rounded to the nearest hundred?

• a. $13,800
• b. $13,860
• c. $13,900
• d. $14,000

Which number would NOT round to 470,000?

• a. 465,542
• b. 471,963
• c. 474,754
• d. 479,023

Which of these numbers would round to 48,500?

• a. 47,541
• b. 47,902
• c. 48,543
• d. 48,556

Mr. Yokohama asked his students to round 508,313 to the nearest ten thousand. Ashlee rounds correctly. What is Ashlee's answer?

• a. 500,000
• b. 510,000
• c. 508,000
• d. 508,310

Fala takes her credit card bill and rounds it to the closest hundred. That is what she pays. She sometimes pays more than the bill, and she sometimes pays less. If she owes $5,647, how much will she pay toward her bill?

• a. $5,600
• b. $5,650
• c. $5,700
• d. $6,000

Ms. Farkle asked her students to round 190,481 to the nearest thousand. Arjun said that 190,481 rounds to 191,000. Is Arjun correct?

• a. Arjun is correct because the 8 in the tens place means that the 4 in the hundreds place becomes a 5, and the 5 means the thousands place rounds up to 1.
• b. Arjun is correct because 48 means that the 0 in the thousands place rounds up to 1.
• c. Arjun is incorrect because he rounded to the hundreds place.
• d. Arjun is incorrect because the 4 in the hundreds place means that the 0 stays the same in the thousands place.

Which of these numbers does NOT round to 810,000?

• a. 809,563
• b. 815,542
• c. 807,563
• d. 814,989

Which of these numbers rounds to 60,000?

• a. 54,989
• b. 57,632
• c. 66,541
• d. 67,857