1. 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

2. 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?

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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

7. 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 ,

8. Let’s learn a new poem for rounding decimals

9. 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.

10. 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

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

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

13. 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.

14. Let’s try to the Thousandths
Remember to look next door!

15. 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.

16. Independent Practice!