Rounding Numbers
Round 1,452 to the nearest ten.
1,450
No, that is incorrect. The two digits are next to each other, but they are not the same digits. So, the 10 times rule does not apply.
Write 4,691 in expanded form.
4,000+600+90+1
True or false:
22,873 > 22,774
True!
Mason wrote a number that has a 5 in the thousands place and a 4 in the tens place. Write a number that Mason could have written.
So many possible answers:
Examples:
5,940
65,046
35,547
Round 392,155 to the nearest hundred thousand.
400,000
Micheal says that in 3,379, the 3 in the thousands place is 10 times as great as the 3 in the hundreds place. Is he correct? Explain.
Yes, he is correct. The two digits are the same, and they are next to each other. The rule applies!
What place do you use when comparing the numbers:
394,284
328,234
Ten thousands
Ryan says that in 45,223, the 2 in the tens place is worth 10 times as much as the digit in the hundreds place. True or false?
False! The 2 in the HUNDREDS place is worth 10 times more than the 2 in the tens place.
Round 29,485 to the nearest thousand.
29,000
Frank says that in 5,555, all the digits have the same value. Is he correct? Explain.
No, he is incorrect. The digits are all in different places, so they each have different values.
Write in standard form: 600,000+50,000+6,000+400+60+2
656,462
What place do you use when comparing the numbers:
6,716
6,714
Ones
In 45,750. Ella says that the value of the digit in the hundreds place is 700. True or false?
True!
Round 593 to the nearest ten.
590.
PS 207 bought 5,000 pencils. They are distributing the pencils evenly to 10 classes. How many pencils does each class get?
500 pencils.
Write in expanded form: two hundred fifty nine thousand, four hundred fifty one.
259,451
Compare the numbers:
567,908
598,607
567,908 < 598,607
Kathleen has 4 books. Chase has 2 times as many as she does. How many books does he have?
Chase has 8 books!
Round 867,896 to the nearest hundred thousand.
Molly says that in 7,780. the 7 in the thousands place is 10 times greater than the 7 in the hundreds place. Is she correct?
Yes, she is correct. The 7s are the same, and they are next to each other.
Daniel says that 999,964 is the same as 900,000+90,000+9,000+900+60+4. Is he correct?
Yes!
Compare the following numbers:
308,908
308,910
308,908 < 308,910
45,831 people watched a baseball game. What is this number in word form?
Forty five thousand eight hundred thirty one.