12,045 nearest thousand

12,000

Step-by-step explanation:

12,045 is closer to 12,000 then it is to 13,000.

So it rounds down and your answer will be 12,000.

12,000

Step-by-step explanation:

ten thousand thousand, hundreds tens ones

1 2, 0 4 5

We are rounding to the nearest thousand.

The 2 is in the thousands place so we look at the 0 to see if we round up

0<5 so we leave it alone.

12,045 rounds to 12,000