Rounding Whole Numbers
Rounding Decimals
What's the digit?
What's the place value?
Word Problems
100
What is 879 rounded to the tens place?
880
100
What is 0.91 rounded to the nearest tenths?
0.9
100
What number is in the ones place? 869,586.568
6
100
What is the place value of the digit 2? 856,392.47
ones
100
At the beginning of last year, there were 368 students at the elementary school. By the beginning of this year, 72 of those students had moved. About how many students started the school year this year?
300
200
What is 1,236 rounded to the thousands place?
1,000
200
What is 2.365 rounded to the nearest hundredth?
2.37
200
What number is in the hundreds place? 869,586.568
5
200
What is the place value of the digit 3? 856,392.47
hundreds
200
The ski team has a race in 3 hours and it is 120 miles away. The team drives 50 miles each hour. Will they arrive at the race on time?
Yes, they could drive up to 150 miles away and be on time.
300
What is 22,658 rounded to the hundreds place?
22,600
300
What is 5.698 rounded to the nearest whole number?
6
300
What number is in the thousands place? 869,586.568
9
300
What is the place value of the digit 9? 856,392.47
tens
300
About 57 people rent roller blades at the skating rink each day. It costs $4.25 to rent roller blades. About how much does the rink make in skate rentals in one day?
About $240.00 (Round 57 to nearest tens place, round $4.25 to nearest whole number)
400
What is 123,859 rounded to the ten thousands place?
120,000
400
What is 56.589 rounded to the nearest hundredth?
56.59
400
What number is in the ten thousands place? 869,586.568
6
400
What is the place value of the digit 8? 856,392.47
hundred thousands
400
A group of 5 people goes to the theater. If each ticket costs $6.50, is $50 a reasonable estimate for the cost of 5 tickets? Why or why not?
No, $6.50 rounded to the nearest whole number is $7. $7 multiplied by 5 people is $35.
500
What is 2,896,258 rounded to the millions place?
3,000,000
500
What is 8,953.99 rounded to the nearest tenth?
8,954
500
What number is in the thousandths place? 869,586.568
8
500
What is the place value of the digit 7? 856,392.47
hundredths
500
An amusement park charges $35.50 for admission. On Saturday, 6,789 people visited the park. About how much money did the park earn from admission that day?
272,000 (Round to 6,800 and 35 to 40)
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