ROUNDING OF

NUMBERS
MATH 3
 When do you use rounding?

• When the question asks you to round.

• When the question asks you to estimate.
• When the question asks “about how many”…?
• To find out ABOUT what your answer should be.
 Memorize this Poem

Find your number. Look right next

door. 4 or less just ignore. 5 or
more, add 1 more.
 Round this number to the
nearest ten.

Find your number.

978
Look for the number in the
tens place.
 Round this number to the
nearest ten.

Find your number.

978
Look for the number in the
tens place.
Round this number to the
nearest ten.

Look right next door.

978
Round this number to the
nearest ten.

4 or less, just ignore.

978
 Round this number to the
nearest ten.

4 or less, just ignore.

978
8 is larger than 4 so go to the
next line of the poem.
 Memorize this Poem

Find your number. Look right next

door. 4 or less just ignore. 5 or
more, add 1 more.
 Round this number to the
nearest ten.

5 or more, add 1 more.

978
Add 1 to the 7.
 Round this number to the
nearest ten.

5 or more, add 1 more.

9 80
Add 1 to the 7 and all the numbers to
the right of the 8 become 0’s.
 The Answer

978 rounded to the nearest ten

is 980
Round this number to the
nearest hundred.

Find your number.

327
Round this number to the
nearest hundred.

327
Look right next door.
 Round this number to the
nearest hundred.

4 or less, just ignore

327
Since 2 is less than 4 we do not
change the 3.
 Round this number to the
nearest hundred.

4 or less, just ignore

300
Change the numbers to right of
3 to 0’s.
 The Answer

327 rounded to the nearest

hundred is 3 0 0