Rounding

Rounding 1

100

Round 8,214 to the nearest thousand 

8,000

200

Round 34,628 to the nearest thousand

35,000

300

Round 562,481 to the nearest ten thousand 

560,000

400

Round 749,999 to the nearest hundred thousand 

700,000

500

Round 649,501 to the nearest hundred thousand 

600,000

Rounding 2

100

Round 45,621 to the nearest thousand 

46,000

200

Round 382,149 to the nearest ten thousand 

380,000

300

Round 475,000 to the nearest hundred thousand 

500,000

400

round 925,499 to the nearest ten thousand 

930,000

500

Round 549,999 to the nearest hundred thousand 

500,000

What's the place?

100

In 483,726 which digit is in the ten-thousands place?

8

200

In 725,391 which digit is in the hundred-thousands place?

7

300

In 638,452 what is the value of the digit 3?

30,000

400

In 591,827 which digit tells you to round the number up or down to the nearest ten thousand?

1

500

In 1,982,602 what is the value of the digit 9?

900,000

Estimate It

100

Estimate 48,291 + 31,728 by rounding each number to the nearest thousand. 

48,000 + 32,000 =80,000 

200

Estimate 247,891 + 351,204 by rounding to the nearest hundred thousand. 

200,000 + 400,000 =600,000 

300

A zoo had 183,492 visitors in June and 216,781 visitors in July.  About how many visitors came in those two months? Round to the nearest hundred thousand.  

200,000 + 200,000 =400,000 

400

A stadium had 348,921 visitors one weekend and 251,387 the next.  Estimate the total by rounding to the nearest ten thousand. 

350,000 + 250,000 =600,000 

500

A school district has 149,872 elementary students and 251,624 secondary students.  About how many students are there altogether if you round each number to the nearest hundred thousand?

100,000 + 300,000 =400,000 

Challenge

100

True or False: When rounding 64,500 to the nearest thousand, the answer is 65,000.

True

200

Which is greater 387,000 or 387,421?

387,421

300

A student says 549,321 rounded to the nearest hundred thousand is 500,000.  Is the student correct?

Yes 

400

A national park had 684,392 visitors last year.  The park director says "We had about 700,000 visitors". To what place value did the director round?

Nearest hundred thousand

500

A town has 649,999 people.  The mayor says "Our town has about 700,000 people". Which place value did the mayor round? Is he correct?

Nearest hundred thousand, He is not correct