Question

The greatest number which on rounding off to nearest thousands gives 5000, is ______.

Options

• 5001

• 5559

• 5999

• 5499

Answer 1

The greatest number which on rounding off to nearest thousands gives 5000, is 5499.

Explanation:

Identifying the digit in the hundreds place:

As we are rounding off the number to the nearest thousands, we need to check the digit in the next smallest place value which is in the hundredth place. Given that a number is rounded off to get 5000.

In all the numbers given in the alternatives, 5 comes at thousand’s place. Hence the digit in the hundreds place should be less than 5.

Also we need the largest possible number so we should take the largest number which is less than 5 which is 4. So there should be 4 in the hundreds place,

The highest score for the rest of the places should be 9. Hence 5499 is the required number.