How do u round 14,494 to the nearest thousand

Look at the digit one number place to the right of the thousands place, the hundreds. In this case it is another 4. Since it is less than 5, the thousands place will stay the same. If it were 5 or greater, the thousands place would go up by one number. 14,494 rounded to the nearest thousand is 14,000

Uneed to add them up 27+18+23=68