Lesson 2 Rounding Off Numbers To The Nearest Tens, Hundreds, and Thousands
Lesson 2 Rounding Off Numbers To The Nearest Tens, Hundreds, and Thousands
OBJECTIVE:
• Rounds numbers to the nearest ten,
hundred and thousand.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Last summer, Zach and Trixie
gathered 87 shells in the beach.
Did they gather about 80 or 90 shells?
LET US DISCOVER
Study how to go about rounding off numbers. Look at the number line below.
So, in the problem above Zach and Trixie gathered about 90 shells. The numbers 86, 88, and 89
are also closer to 90 than to 80, while 81, 83, and 84 are closer to 80 than 90.
LET’S ANSWER
Activity 1
Round off each number to the given place value. Write your answer on the line.
1. 785 (hundreds) __________
2. 1245 (tens) __________
3. 12886 (hundreds) __________
4. 846746 (ten thousands) __________
5. 13451 (thousands) __________
LET US REMEMBER
When rounding off to the nearest tens, look at the ones digit. If the digit is 0, 1, 2,
3, or 4, round down. If the digit is 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 round up.
When rounding off to the nearest hundreds, look at the tens digit. Then round
down or round up depending on the digit in the tens place. Change all digits to
the right of the hundreds place to zeros.
CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
• When rounding off to the nearest hundreds, what digit do you look? How about when rounding off to the nearest tens?
• When do you round up? When do you round down?
PRE – TEST
Compare the following numbers using this symbols >, < or =.
Least to Greatest
1. 257 725 527 _______ _______ ________
2. 1997 1799 1999 _______ _______ ________
Greatest to Least
3. 10 945 10 354 10 656 _______ _______ ________
4. 2556 2565 2655 _______ _______ ________
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
For their fund raising project, the two sections from grade 3 planned to sell the empty bottles that they collected. Each class collected the
number of bottles given in the table below.
Section Number of bottles
A 738
B 709
Which section collected more bottles? Which section collected fewer bottles?
LET US DISCOVER!
Compare the given numbers to find out which one is greater and which one is less. Look at the following chart.
So, 738 is greater than 79. In symbols, this is written as 738 > 709.
You can also say that 709 is less than 738. You can write this in symbols as 709 < 738.
LET’S ANSWER
Read the problem. Then write the answer to each question on the line.
Angel’s scores in her mathematics quizzes are as follows.
The Philippines is very rich in natural resources, especially in bodies of water. What are the ways we can conserve these
bodies of water? What are the benefits we can receive from these resources? Now look at the pictures, can you compare?
Which gives benefit? Which is not?