Rounding Place Value

Round 607,275 to the nearest thousand.

• 607,000

• 608,000

• 607,276

Round 3,600 to the nearest thousand.

• 4,100

• 3,700

• 4,000

Round 72,957 to the nearest thousand.

• 70,000

• 72,000

• 72,900

• 73,000

Alex and Tobby are cousins. They have a big collection of marbles. In their collection they have 6,293 marbles. Round this number to the nearest hundred.

• 6,300

• 6,000

• 6,200

• 6,290

Round 12.87 to nearest ones place.

• 12.9

• 13

• 12.90

• 13.0

Round 12.87 to nearest whole number.

• 12.9

• 13

• 12.90

• 13.87

Round 27,955 to the nearest hundred.

• 27,900

• 28,955

• 28,000

• 900

To express a number to the nearest whole number is called ___________

• rounding

• estimating

• sum

• equivalent

Rounding means

• add

• to move the numbers up or down depending on the place value 

• moving

Round the number 2,657 to the nearest hundred.

• 2,600

• 2,650

• 2,700

• 2,660