1. Rounding We do not always need to know the exact value of a number. For example, There are 1432 students at East-park School. There is about fourteen hundred students at East- park School.

2. Example Round 34, 871 to the nearest 100. Round 34, 871 Look at the digit in the hundreds place. Look at the digit in the tens place. If this digit is 5 or above you give it a shove -round up. If the digit is 4 or below you let it go- or keep it the same. Solution:34871 = 34900 (to the nearest 100) Rounding whole numbers You need to write down every digit before this place.

3. Rounding whole numbers Complete this table: 37521 274503 7630918 9875 to the nearest thousand 452 to the nearest hundred to the nearest ten 380003750037520 275000274500 763100076309007630920 1000099009880 0500450

4. to the nearest hundredth. Round 2.75241302 Example Look at the digit in the hundredths place. We need to write down every digit up to this point. Look at the digit in the thousandths place. 2.75241302 to the nearest hundredth is 2.75 NOTE here that you don’t need to add zeros! Rounding decimals If this digit is 5 or above you give it a shove -round up. If the digit is 4 or below you let it go- or keep it the same.

5. Rounding to a given number of decimal places Complete this table: 63.4721 87.6564 149.9875 3.54029 0.59999 to the nearest whole number Round to the tenths Round to the hundredths 6363.563.47 8887.787.66 150150.0149.99 43.53.54 1 0.60.60