© 2007 M. Tallman. Memorize this Poem Find your number. Look right next door. 4 or less, just ignore. 5 or more, add 1 more.

© 2007 M. Tallman

© 2007 M. Tallman

Memorize this Poem

Find your number.Look right next door.4 or less, just ignore.5 or more, add 1 more.

© 2007 M. Tallman

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Find your number.

46

Round to the nearest tens place

Look right next door.

© 2007 M. Tallman

5

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: If the number is 5 or greater, then add 1 to the circled number.

Step 5: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros.

46

Round to the nearest tens place

4 or less, just ignore.

6 is not less

than 4

5 or more, add 1 more.

4 + 1 = 5 0

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46 rounded to the nearest tens place is

5040 5046

46 is closer to 50 on the number line.

© 2007 M. Tallman

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Find your number.

73

Round to the nearest tens place

Look right next door.

© 2007 M. Tallman

70

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros.

3

Round to the nearest tens place

4 or less, just ignore.

3 is less

than 4

Just Ignore!

© 2007 M. Tallman

73 rounded to the nearest tens place is

7070 8073

73 is closer to 70 on the number line.

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5

Find your number.

68

Round to the nearest hundreds place.

Look right next door.

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

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56

4 or less, just ignore.5 or more, add 1 more.

6 is not less than

4

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: If the number is 5 or greater, then add 1 to the circled number.

Step 5: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros.

Round to the nearest hundreds place.

5 + 1 = 6

6800

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568 rounded to the nearest hundreds

place is600500 600568

568 is closer to 600 on the number line.

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Find your number.Look right next door.

24

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Round to the nearest thousands place.

, 89

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289000

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros. 4 or less, just ignore.

2 is less

than 4

Just Ignore!

4,

Round to the nearest thousands place.

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4,289 rounded to the nearest thousands

place is4,0004,000 5,0004,289

4,289 is closer to 4,000 on the number line.

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Find your number.

Round to the nearest hundreds place.

Look right next door.

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

46, 53

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530045

4 or less, just ignore.5 or more, add 1 more.

5 is not less than

4

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: If the number is 5 or greater, then add 1 to the circled number.

Step 5: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros.

Round to the nearest hundreds place.

4 + 1 = 5

6,

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6,453 rounded to the nearest hundreds

place is6,500

6,000 6,500

6,453

6,453 is closer to 6,500 on the number line.

© 2007 M. Tallman

Find your number.

Round to the nearest hundreds place.

Look right next door.

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

94, 57

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005790

4 or less, just ignore.5 or more, add 1 more.

5 is not less than

4

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: If the number is 5 or greater, then add 1 to the circled number.

Step 5: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros.

Round to the nearest hundreds place.

9 + 1 = 10

4,10 hundreds = 1,000. Time to

regroup!

+1

5

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4,957 rounded to the nearest hundreds

place is5,000

4,900 5,000

4,957

4,957 is closer to 5,000 on the number line.

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6

Find your number.

Round to the nearest dollar.

Look right next door.

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

7$ 4.

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7608

4 or less, just ignore.5 or more, add 1 more.

6 is not less than

4

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: If the number is 5 or greater, then add 1 to the circled number.

Step 5: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros.

7 + 1 = 8

Round to the nearest dollar.

$ 40.

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$7.64 rounded to the nearest dollar is

$8.00$7.00 $8.00$7.64

$7.64 is closer to $8.00 on the number line.

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2

Find your number.Look right next door.

8$

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Round to the nearest ten cents.

. 4

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0

Step 1: Circle the digit in the place that you must round to.

Step 2: Draw an arrow to the place on the right.

Step 3: If the number is four or less, then the circled number stays the same.

Step 4: All numbers to the right of the circled number become zeros. 4 or less, just ignore.

4 = 4

28$

Round to the nearest ten cents.

.Just

Ignore!

4

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$8.24 rounded to the nearest ten cents is

$8.20$8.20 $8.30$8.24

$8.24 is closer to $8.20 on the number line.

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1. …nearest ten 5442. …nearest hundred 9,5643. …nearest million 12,897,8764. …nearest thousand 5,3895. …nearest hundred thousand

167,9006. …nearest ten cents $8.35 7. …nearest thousand 5,785,965 8. …nearest dollar $56.399. …nearest hundred 935,987

1. 5402. 9,6003. 13,000,0004. 5,0005. 200,0006. $8.407. 5,786,0008. $56.009. 936,000

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