321409 to nearest 100000

300000

To round 321,409 to the nearest 100,000, follow these steps:

1. Identify the place value of the desired rounding value. In this case, it's the hundred thousands place.
2. Look at the digit to the right of the desired place value, which is the ten thousands place.
3. Determine if the digit in the ten thousands place is equal to or greater than 5. If it is, you round up; if it is less than 5, you round down.
4. In this case, the digit in the ten thousands place is 4, which is less than 5. Therefore, we round down to the nearest 100,000.
5. Change all digits to the right of the hundred thousands place to zero.
6. The rounded number to the nearest 100,000 is 300,000.

So, rounding 321,409 to the nearest 100,000 gives us 300,000.

To round 321,409 to the nearest 100,000, we need to determine whether it is closer to 300,000 or 400,000.

To find out, we look at the digit in the 100,000's place, which is "2" in this case.

Since 2 is closer to 0 than to 9, we round down to the nearest 100,000, which is 300,000.

Therefore, 321,409 rounded to the nearest 100,000 is 300,000.