| Places | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Number | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Rounded Number | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 9 is in the tens place and 7 is in the ones place
- Since the digit in the ones place (7) 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 (6)
- 1 + 6 = 7, so the digit in the thousands place becomes 7
- 0 replaces the (7) in the ones place
- 6,997 rounded to the nearest ten = 7,000
