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What is the number 29,853 when rounded off to the nearest thousand?

Class: KCPE

Subject: Mathematics

Topic: Whole numbers operations

Lesson Summary

What is the number 29,853 when rounded off to the nearest thousand?

A.29,000
B.29,850
C.29,900
D.30,000



Text Answer


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The digit in thousands is 9 and the next digit to it on the right side is 8 which is greater than 5. We add 1 to 9 which makes it 10. This means 1 in 10 will be in the tens of thousands, therefore the digit in the tens of thousands will be 2 + 1 = 3, and all the other digits will be zeros. = 30,000

The correct answer is D (30,000).

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