Rounding Decimals

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What is rounding?

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Rounding is the process of adjusting the digits of a number to make it simpler and easier to work with, while keeping its value close to what it was.

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What does it mean to round to the nearest hundredth?

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Rounding to the nearest hundredth means adjusting a decimal number so that it has two digits after the decimal point.

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How do you identify the place value when rounding?

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You identify the place value by locating the digit in the position you are rounding to and looking at the digit immediately to its right.

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What is the 'clue digit' in rounding?

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The 'clue digit' is the digit immediately to the right of the place value you are rounding to, which determines whether to round up or down.

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If the clue digit is 5 or greater, what do you do?

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If the clue digit is 5 or greater, you round up the digit in the place value you are rounding to.

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If the clue digit is less than 5, what do you do?

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If the clue digit is less than 5, you keep the digit in the place value you are rounding to the same and drop all digits to the right.

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Round 716.514 to the nearest hundredth.

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716.51

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Round 76.684 to the nearest hundredth.

Back

76.68

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Round 2.408 to the nearest hundredth.

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2.41

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Round 310.286 to the nearest tenth.

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310.3