1.09 Round in different ways
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Before we look at rounding to different place values, check if you remember how to round to the nearest $10$10.
The number $13$13 is plotted on the number line.
Round $13$13 to the nearest $10$10 and plot it on the blank number line.
Learn
In this video we round $362$362 to the nearest ten, and then round it to the nearest hundred. See how our answer changes, depending on the places we are rounding to?
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Question 1
Answer the following:
Round $6215$6215 to the nearest hundred.
Round $6215$6215 to the nearest thousand.
Learn
In the second video, we look at how to round $5$5 digit numbers, using the rounding rule. We also round a number that has a $9$9 in one of the places we need to round up. How do we tackle this? Let's find out here:
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Question 2
Round $472143$472143 to the nearest ten thousand.
Rounding to the nearest place always follows the same rule. No matter how many digits our number has, we always need to think about the place we are rounding our number to. If we round $2678$2678 to the nearest hundred, we get $2700$2700, but if we round it to the nearest thousand we get $3000$3000.