Rounding Practice

Rounding Practice

Rounding helps us make exact numbers simpler to work with.

Rounding to the tens place

What are the ten's? When we round to the nearest ten, the answer must be a multiple of ten.

Rounding to the nearest ten

• Find the ten's place.

• Look next door (at the ones place)

• If the number in the ones place is 1,2,3,or4 ROUND DOWN

• If the number in the ones place is 5,6,7,8 or 9 ROUND UP

Multiple Choice

Round to the nearest ten:
42

• 40
• 42
• 45
• 50

Multiple Choice

Round to the nearest ten.

349

• 300

• 350

• 400

Multiple Choice

Round to the nearest ten:
752

• 700
• 800
• 750
• 760

Rounding to the hundreds place

What are the hundreds? When we round to the nearest hundred, the answer must be a multiple of one hundred.

Rounding to the nearest hundred

• Find the hundred's place.

• Look next door (at the tens place)

• If the number in the tens place is 1,2,3,or4 ROUND DOWN

• If the number in the tens place is 5,6,7,8 or 9 ROUND UP

Multiple Choice

What is 345 rounded to the nearest hundred?

• 200
• 100
• 300
• 400

Multiple Choice

Round to the nearest hundred:
149

• 100
• 200
• 150
• 140

Multiple Choice

What is 7,453 rounded to the nearest hundred?

• 7,400
• 7,500
• 7,600
• 7,700

Rounding to the thousands place

What are the thousands? When we round to the nearest thousands, the answer must be a multiple of one thousand.

Rounding to the nearest thousand

• Find the thousands place.

• Look next door (at the hundred place)

• If the number in the hundreds place is 1,2,3,or4 ROUND DOWN

• If the number in the hundreds place is 5,6,7,8 or 9 ROUND UP

Multiple Choice

What is 4,519 rounded to the nearest THOUSANDS?

• 3,000

• 4,000

• 5,000

• 6,000

Fill in the Blanks

What is 3,298 rounded to the nearest THOUSANDS?

Multiple Choice

What is 2,701 rounded to the nearest THOUSANDS?

• 1,000

• 2,000

• 3,000

• 4,000