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Rounding to the Nearest Thousand

To round $103{,}978tothenearestthousand,firstlocatethethousandsdigit,whichisto the nearest thousand, first locate the thousands digit, which is{3}.Thedigitimmediatelytoitsrightis. The digit immediately to its right is {9}. Because $9 \geq 5, increase the thousands digit by 1{1}, changing 3{3} to 4{4}, and replace all digits to the right of the thousands place with zeros. The rounded result is $104{,}000$.

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