Rounding Cask

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

There are 426 scissors in the stockroom. Sally placed 500 more scissors in the stockroom. Rounded to the nearest hundred, how many scissors are now in the stockroom?

• 1,000

• 800

• 900

• 926

True or False. When you round to a specific place value, all of the numbers to it's right become zeros.

• True

• False

Round 8,776 to the nearest thousand.

• 9,000

• 8,000

• 8,500

• 80,000

Round 12.87 to nearest ones place.

• 12.9

• 13

• 12.90

• 13.0

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.

• A

• B

• C

• D

CHALLENGE QUESTION

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

Round to the nearest hundred thousand:
149,754

• 100,000

• 200,000

• 150,000

• 140,000