Rounding Codes

Round 29.9 to the nearest whole number.

• 30

• 210

• 29.0

• 31

Round 0.6 to the nearest whole number.

• 1

• 0.1

• 0

• 0.7

Mrs. Jensen's class collected 1,306 newspapers for recycling. estimate to the nearest hundred how many newspapers were collected?

• 1,300

• 1,310

• 2,000

• 300

Round 8,776 to the nearest thousand.

• 9,000

• 8,000

• 8,500

• 80,000

• A

• B

• C

• D

Round 12.87 to nearest ones place.

• 12.9

• 13

• 12.90

• 13.0

CHALLENGE QUESTION

• A

• B

• C

• D

Rounding means...

• finding the exact answer.

• always making a number smaller.

• always making a number bigger.

• making a number simpler, but keeping its value closer to what it was.

The population of Nevada in 2000 was 1,998,257. What is that rounded to the nearest ten thousand?

• 1,900,000

• 1,990,000

• 1,999,000

• 2,000,000

Last year a store earned $1,313,900. What were the store's earnings rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?

• 1,300,000

• 1,310,000

• 1,320,000

• 1,400,000