Rounding

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What is rounding?

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Rounding is the process of adjusting 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 ten thousand?

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Rounding to the nearest ten thousand means finding the closest multiple of 10,000 to a given number.

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Round 22,984 to the nearest ten thousand.

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20,000

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What does it mean to round to the nearest hundred?

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Rounding to the nearest hundred means finding the closest multiple of 100 to a given number.

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Estimate how many newspapers were collected if Mrs. Jensen's class collected 1,306 newspapers to the nearest hundred.

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1,300

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True or False: When you round to a specific place value, all of the numbers to its right become zeros.

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True

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What is the rule for rounding numbers?

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If the digit to the right of the place value you are rounding to is 5 or more, round up. If it is less than 5, round down.

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Round 753 to the nearest ten.

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750

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Round 753 to the nearest hundred.

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800

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If a number is 13,265, what could it round to if rounding to the nearest thousand?

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13,000 or 14,000.