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7000
Seven is in the thousands place.
Class 4 · English Medium · Pearson Edexcel · Mathematics
Place value, rounding and estimation
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Place value extends to thousands and beyond. Round to a useful size before estimating; an estimate helps check an exact calculation.
Worked example
4,376 rounds to 4,400 to the nearest hundred. An estimate for 4,376 + 2,183 is 4,400 + 2,200 = 6,600.
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6200
The tens digit is four, so round down.
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600
Four hundred plus two hundred gives the estimate.
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39000
The hundreds digit is six, so round up.
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1500
2,800−1,300=1,500.
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No. The exact sum is 7,000; 700 is far below the size of both addends together.
Compare place value and approximate size.
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