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What is 899,470 rounded off to the nearest ten thousand?

Class: KCPE

Subject: Mathematics

Topic: Whole numbers operations

Lesson Summary

What is 899,470 rounded off to the nearest ten thousand?

A.890,000
B.899,000
C.900,000
D.900,470



Text Answer


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The digit in ten thousands is 9 and the digit next to it on the right hand side is 9 which is greater than 5. We add 1 to 9 and this make sit 10. We write 0 in the ten thousands place and the 1 is added to the digit in the hundred thousands and all the digits on the right side becomes zero. = 900 000

The correct answer is C (900 000).

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