Round the whole number to the given place value.
-A publishing company sold 36,265,591 books. Round the number of books sold to the nearest ten-million.
A)36,270,000
B)30,000,000
C)36,000,000
D)40,000,000

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To round to the nearest ten-million, you look at the digit in the ten-million place and the digit to its right. In 36,265,591, the ten-million digit is 3 and the digit to its right is 6. Since 6 is 5 or more, you round up, making it 40,000,000.

Round the Whole Number to the Given Place Value