Question

A factory that dyes clothing has 65,492 pounds of dye stored in a warehouse. Round this number to the nearest thousand.

Answer 1

The answer would be 66,000 pounds of dye because in the number 6(5),492 the thousandths place is 5. Since the number is 5 you use the rule "5 and up round up, 4 and down round down."  

Answer 2

65,000.  This is because the first place is ten then hundred then thousand. If the number is 5 and above round up lower than 4 round down to nearest number.