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Multiply two thousand four hundred and sixty five by two hundred and thirty four. What is the answer rounded to the nearest ten thousands?

Class: KCPE

Subject: Mathematics

Topic: Whole numbers operations

Lesson Summary

Multiply two thousand four hundred and sixty five by two hundred and thirty four. What is the answer rounded to the nearest ten thousands?

A.576,000
B.577,000
C.570,000
D.580,000



Text Answer


Write the numbers in symbols
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The digit in tens of thousands is 7 and the digit on the right hand side of 7 is 6, which is greater than 5, we add 1 to 7 1 + 7 = 8 and all the digits after tens of thousands changes to zeros. i.e 580000.

The correct answer is D (580,000)

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