Beginners Rounding

A Poem to help you remember how to round… Find your place number. Look right next door. 4 or less just ignore. 5 or more, add 1 more.

Rules for rounding a number to the tens place… 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: If the circled number is 5 or more, round the tens place up to the next number (6 to 7) Or If the circled number is 4 or less, keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 56 60

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (2) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 42 40

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (5) is 5 or more, so we round The tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 65 70

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 21 20

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (4) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 94 90

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 86 90

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (5) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 75 80

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (0) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 63 60

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (4) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 80 80

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (9) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 99 100

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 41 40

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (3) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 13 10

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (7) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 37 40

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (5) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 15 20

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (4) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 74 70

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 66 70

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 86 90

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 81 80

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 36 40

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (9) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 19 20

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 11 10

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 96 100

Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place... 2nd: Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3rd: The circled number (8) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 78 80