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1000s place?1000s place?

Amanda Dougherty and Stephanie Sarver

Big IdeaRounding is an important skill in math and every day life. Rounding makes numbers easier to work with. It’s a lot easier to work with values when they have values rounded to the nearest ten, hundred, or whatever.

Sing the Rounding Song

If you’re rounding to the thousands, check the hundreds.If you’re rounding to the thousands, check the hundreds.If the hundreds are zero through four, round it down to the

thousands before.If you’re rounding to the thousands, check the hundreds.If you’re rounding to the thousands, check the hundreds.If you’re rounding to the thousands, check the hundreds.If the hundreds are five through nine, round it up, and

you’ll be fine.If you’re rounding to the thousands, check the hundreds.

Let’s PracticeDirections: Round the four-digit number to

the 1000s place.

Example:2,456- if you’re rounding to the thousands

look at the hundreds place. The 4 tells the two to stay the same.

2,456 rounds to 2,000

On your own!!1356_____ 6821_____

8372_____ 4914_____

7249_____ 2976_____

5000 7000 1000 3000 7000 8000

Click for extra practice

Directions: Click on the link to play a game.

http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html

http://www.webmath.com/k8round.html

Create your Own!!!• Each person in your group will

create their own slide with numbers to round.

• After you have created your slide, print it out and round your numbers to the nearest thousand.

Show me what you got!!!

Direction: Click in the text box to create your own numbers.