Rounding numbers is often quite difficult for students as they have
a difficult time remembering when to round up and when the number should stay
the same.
We have a great trick for this that makes it much easier to learn! Here
are the steps to remember for rounding:
1. Underline the place value being rounded to - here, the student would underline the
thousands place.
2. If the number to the right of the underlined number is 4 or less then the underlined
digit stays.
3. If the number to the right of the underlined number is 5 or more then the underlined digit goes up one.
4. Oh yes, one more thing - The number to the right is so tired after telling the
underlined digit what to do that it explodes and turns into a 0.
To
abbreviate:
Step 1 - Underline the place value.
Step 2 - Put the number to the right into the computer and decide whether it stays or goes
up 1.
Step 3 - Explode the number to the right and turn it into a zero. Oh yes, if you
make an explosion sound in your mouth while teaching this on our rounding worksheets your
student will get a laugh out of that and remember 3 times as well!
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