Asports arena covers 710,430 square feet of ground. a newspaper reported that the arena covers about 700,000 square feet of ground. to what place value was the number rounded?

Required place value is hundred thousand place.      

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Given : A sports arena covers 710,430 square feet of ground. A newspaper reported that the arena covers about 700,000 square feet of ground.

To find : To what place value was the number rounded?

Solution :

Rule of rounding number :

1) When the rounded place value after digit is less than 5 then the number remain same.

2) If the rounded place value after digit is 5 or greater than 5 then the number round by 1.

710,430 is rounded to 700,000.

It is clear that number is rounded to the hundred thousand place.

As before 7 there is 1<5 so rest rounded to zero and 7 remain same.

Therefore, Required place value is hundred thousand place.

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