Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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5. Estimating Quantities
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Exercise 12 Page 347

Round the given decimal number to the nearest 100 000.

2* 10^5

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We want to round the given decimal number and write the result as the product of a single digit and a power of 10. 231 210 Let's start by rounding the given number to the nearest 100 000. Since the digit in the ten-thousands place is less than 5, we will not modify the digit in the ${\color{#A800DD}{\text{hundred-}}} {\color{#A800DD}{\text{thousands}}} {\color{#A800DD}{\text{place}}}.'"`UNIQ--MLMath-4-QINU`"' Finally, we will write the above number as the product of a single digit and a power of10.To do so, let's first factor out2.$
200 000
2* 100 000
2* 10^5