I CAN ROUND DECIMALS TO THE THOUSANDTHS PLACE. STANDARD: UW.5.M.NBT.03 READ, WRITE, AND COMPARE DECIMALS TO THOUSANDTHS. by: Javare’ Phillips Edited by: Eboney McKinney

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1. What is a decimal? 2. How does the place value of a number affect its value? 3. What is rounding? 4. How does the place value of a number help me to round?

Set! Think back to 4th grade. What do you remember about rounding numbers? Whisper to your shoulder partner and share.

Here’s a poem to help you remember…. Find your number. Look right next door 4 or less just ignore 5 or more, add 1 more.

Let’s take a look back to whole numbers and then later move forward to numbers behind the decimal. 34.00

Look Next Door! 34 Round to the nearest Tens place Remember the Poem… …4 or less, then ignore Everything turns into a Zero, after the Tens place

Let’s learn a new poem for rounding decimals Underline the digit Look next door If it is 5 or higher, Add 1 more, If 4 or less, just ignore ,

Let’s learn a new poem for rounding decimals

So What’s the big difference? WHEN 4 OR LESS YOU IGNORE… Drop all numbers, after the place you rounded to. When rounding decimals you don’t add ZEROS.

Round to the nearest whole number Remember the whole numbers are before the decimal. 2.4 Follow the poem and look next door. 4 or less just ignore! 2

Let’s practice Round to the nearest whole number 12.3 45.893 24.77

Let’s Practice to the nearest tenths Round each number to the nearest tenths: 2.345 3.568 88.35

Let’s practice to the nearest hundredths 35.567 46.098 34.222 remember DROP the numbers, after if 4 or less DON’T ADD ANY ZEROS.

Let’s try to the Thousandths 34.8769 5.45602 34.8990 Remember to look next door!

Closure Think back to what you learned about rounding to the whole number and decimal? Whisper to your shoulder partner the major difference between rounding to the nearest whole number and nearest decimal.

Independent Practice!