Question

Question #f15ec

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

To round up or down you look at the place you are looking to round to (nearest ten thousandth) in this problem. Then you look at the digit to the right:

• If the digit to the right is less than `5` you leave the place you are rounding the same and make all the digits to the right `0`.

• If the digit to the right is greater than or equal to `5` you add `1` to the place you are rounding to the same and make all the digits to the right `0`.

In this problem the ten thousands are the `color(red)(5)` in the number:

`2color(red)(5)1,538`

The digit to the right is a `color(orange)(1)`.

`2color(red)(5)color(orange)(1),538`

Because the digit to the right is less than `5` we leave the place we are rounding to the same and make all of the digits to the right `0`;

`2color(red)(5)0,000`