Rounding to the nearest ten, hundred or thousand
Round a whole number to a stated place value.
- Find the last place you need to keep.
- Look at the digit immediately to its right: 5 or more rounds up.
- Replace discarded whole-number digits with zeros.
Example 1
Round to the nearest hundred.
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Example 2
Round to the nearest thousand.
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Remember
Replace discarded whole-number digits with zeros.
Your turn
Round to the nearest thousand.
Check answer
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest hundred.
Check answer
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest hundred.
Check answer
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest hundred.
Check answer
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest thousand.
Check answer
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest thousand.
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest hundred.
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest hundred.
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest hundred.
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.
Round to the nearest thousand.
Blue: last place kept. Orange: deciding digit.
A deciding digit of 5 or more increases the blue digit by one. Replace discarded whole-number places with zeros.