Round 1277400000 to the nearest million

Question

The question is about estimating and rounding of numbers

Answer 1

Good Morning, Maureen,

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Rules For Rounding

 

(1) Four or below let it go; five or above, give it a shove. In professional terms this boils down to the following two rules: 

If the number you are rounding is followed by 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, round the number up. Example: 39 rounded to the nearest ten is 40

If the number you are rounding is followed by 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, round the number down. Example: 14 rounded to the nearest ten is 10

(2) All the numbers to the right of the place you are rounding to become zeros.

Your number 1277400000 therefore, if rounding to the nearest million should be: 

1,277,000,000

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Answer 2

1,277,400,000

 

The number in the millions slot is a 7...

The number to the right of that is a 4...

Since the number to the right of the millions spot is less than 5, 

then round all numbers to the right of the millions spot to zeroes

while leaving the 7 the same.

 

1,277,000,000