Rounding
1-10
Round 26,322 to the nearest ten thousand.
To round a number to a given place,
look at the digit to its right.
If the digit is less than 5, round down.
If the digit is 5 or more, round up.
Study the following examples.
Round $752.98 to the
nearest hundred dollars.
$7 5 2.98
$800.00
Round 23,754,961 to the nearest million.
23 ,754,961
24,000,000
Round 846,289 to the
nearest hundred thousand.
26 ,322
30,000
6 5
Round up
to 30,000.
84 6,289
800,000
5 5
Round up to $800.00.
7 5
Round up to 24,000,000.
4 5
Round down to 800,000.
Round each number to its greatest place.
- 85,990 2. $94.20 3. 549,218 4. $651.99
Round each number to the place of the underlined digit.
- 56 ,843 6. $429.28 7. 82 5,053 8. $10.5 6
- 742 10. 36 ,987,301 11. 12,634,087 12. 221,0 34
- $6.42 14. 3198 15. $54.04 16. 1 0,286
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