Question

Round-off $47,897$ to nearest $1000$.

• A. $47,897$
• B. $48,000$
• C. $47,900$
• D. $47,890$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$48,000$

$\Rightarrow$ The given number is $47,897$

$\Rightarrow$ In number 47897, its hundred digit is 8, which is greater than 5.

$\Rightarrow$ So, we increase the digits at thousand place by 1 and replace each one of the digits at hundreds, tens and ones place by $0$ to round off the given number to nearest to 1000.

$\therefore$ The number becomes $48,000$