number · Year 4 · AC9M4N07
Rounding to the nearest 10 or 100
Rounding replaces a number with the nearest ten or hundred. Find the deciding digit — the ones digit when rounding to 10, the tens digit when rounding to 100. If it is 5 or more, round up; if it is less than 5, round down. 45 rounds up to 50 because the 5 rounds up, and 43 rounds down to 40 because 3 is under 5. Decide in one step: do not round to 10 first and then to 100.
Sample questions
Round 26 to the nearest 10.
- The deciding digit is 6.
- 6 is 5 or more, so round up.
- 26 rounds to 30.
Answer: 30
Round 56 to the nearest 10.
- The deciding digit is 6.
- 6 is 5 or more, so round up.
- 56 rounds to 60.
Answer: 60
Round 44 to the nearest 10.
- The deciding digit is 4.
- 4 is less than 5, so round down.
- 44 rounds to 40.
Answer: 40