Round 97 896 to the nearest 1 000

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To round 97,896 to the nearest 1,000, follow these steps:

  1. Identify the digit in the thousands place:

    • The number 97,896 can be broken down as follows:
      • Thousands place: 97 (the 9)
      • Hundreds place: 8 (the 8)
  2. Look at the digit in the hundreds place to determine if we round up or down:

    • The digit in the hundreds place is 8.
    • According to rounding rules, if the digit is 5 or greater, we round up.
  3. Since the hundreds place digit (8) is greater than 5, we will round up:

    • Add 1 to the digit in the thousands place (9):
      9 + 1 = 10
  4. Replace all digits to the right of the thousands place with 0:

    • This gives us 100,000 because we are rounding to the nearest thousand.

Thus, when rounding 97,896 to the nearest 1,000, the answer is:

98,000.