Commutative Property of Addition
Round the number to the nearest whole.
3.67
4
32.9 + 43.92
76.82
0.56 - 0.385
0.175
if the 5 was underlined in 564,832
what would the rounded answer be?
600,000
Addends can be regrouped and the sum remains the same.
Associative Property of Addition
Round to the nearest tenth.
5.329
5.3
85.3 + 17.05
102.35
75.32 - 20.43
54.89
If the 4 was underlined in 33,432
what would the rounded answer be?
33,400
Rounding
Round to the nearest thousandth
547.6754
547.675
0.654 + 0.837
1.491
104.2 - 56.107
48.093
57,699.792 + 2,974.493
60,674.285
Numbers that are easy to compute with mentally
(Friendly Numbers)
Compatible Numbers
Round to the nearest hundredth
58.960
58.96
543.9 + 23.34
567.24
52.1 - 47.23
4.87
56,443.87 + 166,765.9
223,209.77
Adjusting one number of an operation to make computations easier and balancing the adjustment by changing the other number.
Compensation
Round to the nearest tenth.
0.97
1.0
95.978 + 3.345
99.323
87 - 0.657
86.343
68,961.353 - 4,363.007
64,598.346