Place Value
Value
Rounding to the Nearest Ten
Rounding to the Nearest Hundred
Sally and Billy
100
What is the place of the digit 2 in the number 3,275?
hundreds
100
What is the value of the 7 in the number 3,761?
700
100
Round 165 to the nearest ten.
170
100
Round 354 to the nearest hundred.
400
100
Sally says that 973 rounds to 1,000 when rounding to the nearest hundred. Billy says 973 rounds to 900. Who is correct and why?
Sally is correct because 973 is closer to 1,000 than 900.
200
Compose a number with a 4 in the thousands place, a 1 in the tens place, and a 6 in the ones place. What is the number?
4,016
200
Compose the smallest number you can using the digits 3,2,9,5. What is the value of the 5 in the number you created?
50
200
Would 12 round up to 20 or round down to ten?
12 would round down to 10
200
Which of the following numbers would round to 900 when rounding to the nearest hundred? 888, 955, 937, 849,
888 and 937 would both round to 900
200
Billy asked Sally to create a number with a 4 in the ones place, a 5 in the hundreds place. This is Sally's number:54 Is Sally correct? Why or why not?
Sally is not correct because she put a 5 in the tens place instead of putting it in the hundreds place. The correct number is 504.
300
The digit 5 in the hundreds place, the digit 3 in the ones place, the digit 9 in the tens place, and the digit 7 is in the thousands place. What is the number?
7,593
300
What is the value of each digit in the number 7,529?
7 = 7,000 5 = 500 2 = 20 9 = 9
300
Round 49 to the nearest ten. Explain how you got your answer.
49 rounds to 50 because it is closer to 50 than it is to 40.
300
List 3 numbers that would round to 300 when rounding to the nearest hundred.
Any answer from 250-349 is correct
300
Billy says that 95 rounds to 100 when rounding to the nearest ten, but Sally says that 95 rounds to 90 when rounding to the nearest ten. Explain who is correct?
Billy is correct because there is a 5 in the ones place and 5-9 means that you round up. The answer is 100.
400
The digit in the ones place is 3 more than the digit in the tens place. The thousands digit and the hundreds digit are both 8. The digit in the tens place is 2. What is the number?
8,825
400
What is the value of each digit in the number 3,560?
3 = 3,000 5 = 500 6 = 60 0 = 0
400
What is 652 to the nearest ten?
650
400
If you are rounding to the nearest hundred, would 750 round up to 800 or down to 700. Explain how your answer.
750 would round up to 800 because there is a 5 in the tens place and digits 5-9 round up.
400
Sally says that the number 89 can't be rounded to the nearest hundred because it is not a three digit number. Billy says 89 rounds to 100. Explain who is correct?
Billy is correct because 89 is closer to 100 than 0.
500
This number has 4 digits. All the digits added together equal 10. There is a 4 in the ones place. There is a 6 in the thousands place. Both the hundreds digit and the ones digit are the same. What is the number?
6,004
500
What is the largest number you could create using the digits 6,8,4,8? What is the value of each digit in the number you created?
8,864 8 = 8,000 8 = 800 6 = 60 4 = 4
500
List 5 numbers that round to 70 when rounding to the nearest ten.
Any number from 65-74 is correct
500
What is the largest number you can create using the digits 4, 7, 2? Round the number you made to the nearest hundred.
The number is 742. 742 rounded to the nearest ten is 740.
500
Sally thinks that 309 rounds to 310 when rounding to the nearest ten. Billy thinks it rounds to 300. Explain who is correct.
Sally is correct because 309 is closer to 310 than 300.