Rounding Up or Down?
Rounding to the nearest tens; Do we round 34 up or down? Why?
Down; The digit 4 is less than the digit 5 so we round down.
365
400
4,533
5,000
87,323
90,000
4,567+3,588=
8,155
Rounding to the nearest 100s; Do we round 634 up or down? Why?
Down; The digit 3 is less than the digit 5 so we round down.
725
700
6,432
6,000
55,999
60,000
7,623-4,517=
3,106
Rounding to the nearest 1,000s; Do we round 7,634 up or down? Why?
Up; The digit 6 is greater than the digit 5 so we round up.
589
600
6,789
7,000
67,543
70,000
54,234+67,432=
121,666
Rounding to the nearest 10,000s; Do we round 34,342 up or down? Why?
Down; The digit 4 in the thousands place is less than the digit 5 so we round down.
929
900
7,314
7,000
76,567
80,000
57,832-23,769=
34,063
Rounding to the nearest 100,000s; Do we round 345,723 up or down? Why?
Down; The digit 4 is less than the digit 5 so we round down.
897
900
9999
10,000
99,998
100,000
100,000-70,999=
29,001