Rounding 101
Subtraction
Addition
Place Value
Anything goes
100

When do you round up?

When the neighbor is 5 or more. 

100

The answer to a subtraction equation is called the...

difference

100
What is the answer to an addition problem called?
the sum
100

What is the 5 worth?

1,005

5

100

Add:

99 + 26

125

200

When do you round down?

When the neighbor is 4 or less. 

200

Subtract:

892-238

654

200

Add:

340 + 237

577

200

What is the 5 worth?

57

50

200

Subtract:

992-186

806

300

What do you put in the place values after the rounded number?

zeros

300

Subtract:

300-125

175

300

Add:

425+309

734

300

What is the 5 worth?

595

500

300

How much is this worth?

15 tens 15 ones

165

400

Round to the nearest tens and hundreds:

1, 672

Tens:  1,670

Hundreds:  1, 700

400

Subtract:

997-226

771

400

Add:

88 + 127

215

400

How much is this worth?

6 tens 12 ones

72

400

Round to the nearest thousand:

6, 399

6,000

500

Round to the nearest tens and hundreds:

409

Tens:  410

Hundreds: 400

500

Subtract:

2,965-306

2, 659

500

Add:

602 + 139

741

500

How much is this worth?

4 hundreds, 13 tens

503

500

How much is this worth?

22 hundreds 11 ones

2, 211

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