Question

Round off to nearest thousands. The given number is 76,823

• A. $76,000$
• B. $75,000$
• C. $77,000$
• D. $78,000$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $77,000$

The given number is $76823$. The one's place of the number is $3$, the tens place is $2$, the hundreds place is $8$ and the thousands place is $6$.

Its digit at hundreds place is $8$, which is greater than $5$.

So, we increase the digit at thousands place by $1$ and replace each one of the digits at hundreds, tens and ones place by $0$ to get the rounded off numbers that is the number $76823$ is rounded off to nearest thousands as $77000$.

Hence, the number $76823$ is rounded off to the nearest thousands as $77000$.