Rounding Decimal Numbers

Sometimes close enough is good

enough!
 Molly has $16 in her pocket
She buys:
•3 hotdogs @ $1.89 each
•3 milkshakes @ $2.19 each
•3 Large French fries @ $ $1.79 each

Does she have enough money?

 Gas costs $1.79 per gallon

I’m running on empty and I have a

20 gallon tank on my truck……

About how much will it cost to fill

up?
You have one hour to take a 50
question test.

About how much time can you

spend on each question?

Close enough is good enough!

 The rounding poem

Find your number

Look right next door
4 or less, just ignore
5 or more add one more!
 Rounding Whole Numbers

Round 474 to the closest

hundred.

474 Find your number

Look right next door
Four or less, just ignore
Five or more, add one more
474 Rounded to the hundreds
becomes 500

Round 474 to the closest 10’s

474

Just ignore - 470

 Try These
•4,215
•394
•27
•127,591
•638
 What about decimal numbers
The same rules (and poem) apply!
Round 4.167 to the closest hundredths

4.167 Find your number

Look right next door
4.17
 Remember
If you are asked to round to
the nearest tenth…….your
answer stops at the tenth
place!
Example: Round 42.73 to the
closest tenth would be 42.7
 Special Case!
Rounding a 9

Round 2.197 to the

closes hundredths

Since there is a “9” in the hundredths

place consider the tenth and
hundredths together – 19 – do you
leave it at 19 or move it to 20?
Round 4.95 to the closest tenth

Since there is a “9” in the tenth

spot consider the ones and
tenths together…… should you
leave it at 49 or move it to 50?

4.95 rounded to the nearest tenth

is 5.0
 Try these

Round to tenths: Round to hundredths

4.56 4.6 18.784 18.78

5.32 5.3 9.456 9.46
0.98 1.0 9.997 10.00
 Homework
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Lesson 3-3 at the top of the
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