To round 824,830 to the nearest thousand, follow these steps:
1. Identify the digit in the thousands place. In the number 824,830, the thousands place is occupied by the digit 4.
2. Look at the digit to the right of the thousands place. This is the digit in the hundreds place, which is 8 in this case.
3. Determine whether this digit in the hundreds place is 5 or greater. If it is 5 or greater, you round up the digit in the thousands place by 1. If it is less than 5, you keep the digit in the thousands place the same.
4. Since the digit in the hundreds place is 8, which is greater than 5, you will round up the thousands place from 4 to 5.
5. After rounding up, replace all digits to the right of the thousands place with zeros.
Following these steps, 824,830 rounded to the nearest thousand becomes 825,000.
