Rounding Decimals Using Place Value

Rounding Decimals

Round to the Tenths Place Value

Rounding Review

• Find your rounding place (underline)

• Look at the digit to the right ->

• 5 or more round up, less than 5 stay same

• All digits to the right change to 0 (zero)

Multiple Choice

What should I do if the number to the right of my underlined place value is larger than 5?

• keep it the same

• round up

Multiple Choice

What should I do if the number to the right of the underlined place value is less than 5?

• keep it the same

• round up

Let's try one together!

• We are rounding to the tenths place so underline the digit in the tenths place.

• Check the digit to the right to see if it is more or less than 5.

• Should we round our underlined digit up or have it stay the same?

Multiple Choice

What did you get when you rounded 8.63 to the nearest tenth?

• 8.6

• 8.7

Your Turn!

Try the next few on your own. Good luck!

Multiple Choice

Round 5.987 to the tenths place.

• 5.9

• 6.0

• 5.99

• 5.980

Multiple Choice

Round 46.82 to the nearest tenth

• 46.7
• 46.8
• 46.9
• 46

Multiple Choice

Round 3.572 to the nearest tenth.

• 3.6

• 3.5

• 3.57

• 4

Multiple Choice

Round 1.456 to the nearest tenths.

• 1.0

• 1.04

• 1.4

• 1.46

Good Work!

You all did amazing!