Rounding and Place Value

Mrs. Mackey's class is serving pancakes at the school picnic. The number line shows how many pancakes they have served so far. Rounding to the nearest hundred, about how many pancakes have they served so far?

• About 100

• About 200

• About 250

• About 300

Wylder read 68,392 people attended a concert last Saturday. What is the value of the 8 in this number?

• 80

• 800

• 8,000

• 80,000

The number line shows the points that four students earned on their projects last week. Rounding to the nearest ten, who earned about 70 points?

• Alvin

• LaToya

• Avery

• Hector

The scoreboard reported 37,781 fans attended the game. In the number 37,781, how are the values of the two 7s related to each other?

• The 7 in the thousands place is 10 times the value of the 7 in the hundreds place.

• The 7 in the hundreds place is 10 times the value of the 7 in the thousands place.

• The 7 in the thousands place is 1,000 times the value of the 7 in the hundreds place.

• The 7 in the hundreds place is 1,000 times the value of the 7 in the thousands place.

Round 12.87 to nearest ones place.

• 12.9

• 13

• 12.90

• 13.0

Round 39,204 to the hundreds place.

• 39,200

• 40,000

• 39,300

• 30,000

What place is 17,000,000 rounded to?

• Hundred thousands place

• Ten millions place

• Millions place

• Ten thousands place

Round 12.87 to nearest whole number.

• 12.9

• 13

• 12.90

• 13.87

Which point on the number line would not round to 30 when rounded to the nearest 10?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Round 12,658 to the underlined place value

• 12,000

• 60

• 12,660

• 12,650