| Places | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Number | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Rounded Number | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 9 is in the tens place and 9 is in the ones place
- Since the digit in the ones place (9) is greater than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit in the tens place (9)
- 1 + 9 = 10, so the digit in the tens place becomes 0, and 1 is added to the digit in the hundreds place (9)
- 1 + 9 = 10, so the digit in the hundreds place becomes 0, and 1 is added to the digit in the thousands place (5)
- 1 + 5 = 6, so the digit in the thousands place becomes 6
- 0 replaces the (9) in the ones place
- 5,999 rounded to the nearest ten = 6,000
