SOLUTION: What is the greatest number that rounds to 60,000 and what is the least number that rounds to 60,000? Please help thank you!

Question 1013029: What is the greatest number that rounds to 60,000 and what is the least number that rounds to 60,000?
Please help thank you!
Found 3 solutions by rothauserc, macston, fractalier:
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Greatest number is 59,999 approx 60,000
Least number is 59,500 approx 60,000

Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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greatest rounding up=59999.9999
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least rounding down=60000+10^-9999=60000+(1/10^9999)
Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, the greatest integer that rounds to 60000 is 59999, but that isn't the greatest number that does so, since we can look at 59999.9999999 with as many nines as you want without being an infinite many...
The least number that rounds to 60000 depends on what you are rounding to, but I will assume to the nearest ten thousand, so the answer is 55000.
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