What is the nearest thousand to 14494

14494,so go to the nearest thousand which would be the 4 behind the 1 so you would round that an since its anpther 4 behind it you we keep it a regular 4. An change all the numbers behind it to a 0 an it'll be 14000.

Place value is for 14494
ones 4
tens 9
hundreds 4
thousands 4
ten thousands 1

In the thousandths place is 4 to find the nearest you will round up the tens and hundreds place     9 changes 4 to 5 in hundreds and 4 in thousands will change to 5  all based on the rule that to round up...5 and above moves the next place value up 1