Question

Minneapolis has a population of 382,578, oakland has a population of 390,724 and wichita has a population of 382,368. Which place could you round to so that the rounded populations of all three cities are different?

Answer 1

round to the hundreds place, so the populations are
M=382,500
O=390,700
W=382,300

Answer 2

• Minneapolis has a population of 383,000

• Oakland has a population of 391,000

• Wichita has a population of 382,000

Explanation:

Minneapolis has a population of 382,578

Oakland has a population of 390,724

Wichita has a population of 382,368

All three cities have 6 places of population.

Round off: If round off digit is more than or equal to 5 then it increases previous digit by 1 .

If round off digit is less than 5 then doesn't change in previous digit.

Round off all population to thousands.

First Round off the number 382,578 to thousands place

382,578 ⇒ hundreds digit is 5. So, thousands place digit will increase by 1

382,578 ⇒ 383,000

390,724 ⇒ hundreds digit is 7. So, thousands place digit will increase by 1

390,724 ⇒ 391,000

382,368 ⇒ hundreds digit is 3. So, thousands place digit will not change.

382,368 ⇒ 382,000

After round off the population:-

• Minneapolis has a population of 383,000

• Oakland has a population of 391,000

• Wichita has a population of 382,000

All three cities are different population.