Rounding

Rounding Numbers.

(1) Underline the number that is in the place that you want to round
(2) Look at the number on the right of the underlined number.
* If it’s 5 or more, add one more to the underlined number.

* If it’s 4 or less, keep the underlined number the same.

(3) Numbers on the left stay the same and numbers on the right became zeros.

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Ex. Round to the nearest hundreds

 

 

 

We use the symbol ≈ when rounding.  Read it as “approximately equals to” or “is about”.

Three thousand two hundred seventy-eight  is approximately three thousand three hundred 

Rounding Whole Numbers

 

 

 

WN02    Round