Maya took two flights to travel home from bangkok, thailand. she traveled 8,276 miles from bangkok to los angeles on the first flight. she traveled 2,451 miles from los angeles to new york on the second flight. about how far did maya travel by plane? round each number to the nearest thousand to find the answer.

Hey! Let me help you on this one.

In order for us to solve this question, we have to do a simple addition of both travel distances provided.

Maya traveled 8,276 miles to Los Angeles, and 2,451 miles to New York. 8,276 and 2,451 are our two numbers.

In order for us to get the full amount of miles traveled, let's find a sum of these two.



Awesome! Now, let's find the nearest thousandth of this number. You can use this Place Value chart if you are struggling.  

Our one thousandth is 727; however, it's less than one thousand! This is the reason we need to round.

727 is closer to 1, than it is to 1,000, meaning that it should be rounded to one thousand.

Our newly acquired number is 10,100.