Lesson 3
Rounding Off
Numbers
Drill
Give the place value of the underlined
number.
1. 368 ones
2. 1 482 thousands
3. 745 hundreds
4. 1 425 tens
5. 936
Motivation
Can you tell the exact number of people
watching the game? About
how many people are watching the
show?
Rounding off numbers helps us in estimating
a value. We estimate because we need
numerical values that may not be exact but are
close to their actual value.
Example:
1. Given: 375 - 400 - round off to the nearest
hundreds.
2. Given: 17 941 – 17 940 - round off to the
nearest tens.
In rounding off numbers follow these rules:
1: If the digit in the right is less than 5,
retain the digit to be rounded off and
replace all the digits after it with zeros.
2. If the digit in the right is equal to or
greater than 5, add 1 to the digit to be
rounded off and replace all the digits after it
with zeros.
Practice Exercises:
Fill the blanks by rounding off the numbers
according to their specific digits. (place value)
Given Tens Hundreds Thousands
1. 1 044
2. 75 762 ______________ ______________ ______________
3. 867 784 ______________ ______________ ______________
4. 8 679 ______________ ______________ ______________
5. 12 864 ______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________ ______________
Thank you