Step by step
The question
Question: round 6,500 to the nearest thousand.
Round 6,500 to the nearest thousand
1 Find the two thousands
2 Find the closer one
6,500 is exactly halfway.
Halfway rounds up, to 7,000.
So 6,500 rounded to the nearest thousand is 7,000.
The sign ≈ means about.
= 6,500 ≈ 7,000
3 Check
We check with the digits.
The next digit after the thousands is 5.
5 or more rounds up.
Yes!
It works.
thousands digit 6, next digit 5: 5 or more → up
Let's look back.
First: find the two thousands.
Then: find the closer one.
Last: check.
Answer
= 6,500 ≈ 7,000